The WHO recommended multidrug therapy regimens for leprosy patients were implemented in Nepal from 1982. Therefore a considerable number of both paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) patients have been on observation after release from MDT, for as long as 4-5 years. A retrospective study was done considering the patients who relapsed during this period and who were registered at the Out-patients Department of Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal. A total of 22 patients relapsed out of 927 who were released from MDT.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2725171?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1989 Mar DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19890007 IS - 1 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -The WHO recommended multidrug therapy regimens for leprosy patients were implemented in Nepal from 1982. Therefore a considerable number of both paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) patients have been on observation after release from MDT, for as long as 4-5 years. A retrospective study was done considering the patients who relapsed during this period and who were registered at the Out-patients Department of Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal. A total of 22 patients relapsed out of 927 who were released from MDT.
PY - 1989 SP - 45 EP - 50 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Relapses after multidrug therapy for leprosy: a preliminary report of 22 cases in west Nepal. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1989/v60n1/pdf/v60n1a07.pdf VL - 60 SN - 0305-7518 ER -