Occurrence of reversal reactions in BT patients during who paucibacillary leprosy MDT (1982).
55 B.T. patients were treated with WHO Paucibacillary MDT (1982). The patients suffered from reversal reaction neither at the time of initiation of MDT nor prior to that. During the 6 months period of MDT, one patient developed reversal reaction of a skin patch, and another patient developed neuritis of a peripheral nerve trunk.
Reddy
P K
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Victoria Hospital, Nizamabad Dist., Andhra Pradesh.
D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D003622:Dapsone; D012293:Rifampin