1.
Bull World Health Organ
; 52(1): 57-62, 1975.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-764995
RESUMO
The study concerns 337 outpatients with lepromatous leprosy who had been receiving dapsone treatment for 1-26 years-69% of them regularly and 31% irregularly. Routine bacterial examination (10 min per slide) by a paramedical technician showed only 50% of these patients to be bacteriologically positive. This rate attained 99% when each slide was examined for 30-60 min by a qualified bacteriologist. Other factors-apart from the limited action of sulfones-might account for these unexpected results: the material was collected by an experienced leprologist; the disease was still clinically active in 75% of the patients; about 25% of them had been treated for only 1-4 years; and the intake of dapsone in long-term treatment gradually decreases.
Assuntos
Hanseníase/microbiologia , Mycobacterium leprae/isolamento & purificação , Sulfonas/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Hanseníase/tratamento farmacológico , Mucosa Nasal/microbiologia , Pele/microbiologia
2.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO)
; 52(1): 57-62, 1975.
Artigo
em Inglês
| PAHO
| ID: pah-4543