Relapse of leprosy after multidrug therapy among leprosy patients treated at Mahasarakarm, Kalasin and Roi-et from 1984 to 1994 were analyzed. Twenty PB relapses (45.45%) and twenty four MB relapses (54.55%) were found among 5,298 originally classified PB patients and 5 MB relapses occurred in 2,624 originally classified MB patients. Mean relapse interval was between 3-4 years. The relapse rate within 10 years after stopping MDT was 0.83 per cent in PB and 0.19 per cent in MB. The estimated relapse rate per 1,000 patient-years was 1.55 for PB and 0.41 for MB respectively.
BT - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8996998?dopt=Abstract DA - 1996 Oct IS - 10 J2 - J Med Assoc Thai LA - eng N2 -Relapse of leprosy after multidrug therapy among leprosy patients treated at Mahasarakarm, Kalasin and Roi-et from 1984 to 1994 were analyzed. Twenty PB relapses (45.45%) and twenty four MB relapses (54.55%) were found among 5,298 originally classified PB patients and 5 MB relapses occurred in 2,624 originally classified MB patients. Mean relapse interval was between 3-4 years. The relapse rate within 10 years after stopping MDT was 0.83 per cent in PB and 0.19 per cent in MB. The estimated relapse rate per 1,000 patient-years was 1.55 for PB and 0.41 for MB respectively.
PY - 1996 SP - 635 EP - 9 T2 - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet TI - Relapse of leprosy after multidrug therapy. VL - 79 SN - 0125-2208 ER -