TY - JOUR KW - Drug Therapy, Combination KW - Humans KW - Leprostatic Agents KW - leprosy KW - Recurrence KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Trinidad and Tobago AU - Suite M AB -

This is a retrospective study of relapses among leprosy patients who received multiple drug therapy in Trinidad and Tobago between January 1982 and December 1994. The results of the study reveal a relapse rate of 0.65% for multibacillary cases and 1.5% for paucibacillary cases. These results are comparable to the relapse rates reported by the World Health Organization.

BT - The West Indian medical journal C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11076211?dopt=Abstract DA - 2000 Sep IS - 3 J2 - West Indian Med J LA - eng N2 -

This is a retrospective study of relapses among leprosy patients who received multiple drug therapy in Trinidad and Tobago between January 1982 and December 1994. The results of the study reveal a relapse rate of 0.65% for multibacillary cases and 1.5% for paucibacillary cases. These results are comparable to the relapse rates reported by the World Health Organization.

PY - 2000 SP - 210 EP - 1 T2 - The West Indian medical journal TI - Relapse rates following leprosy multidrug therapy. VL - 49 SN - 0043-3144 ER -