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Drug Resistance in Leprosy Patients in the United States.

Williams DL, Lewis C, Sandoval FG, et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2013;

Abstract

Molecular drug susceptibility testing was performed on 39 U.S. leprosy patients. Of these, 2 were resistant to dapsone and 1 was resistant to rifampin. Even though anti-leprosy drug resistance occurs in this leprosy population, resistance does not appear to be a major problem.

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Williams DL

Lewis C

Sandoval FG

Robbins N

Keas S

Gillis T