title: Occurrence of reversal reactions in BT patients during who paucibacillary leprosy MDT (1982).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Victoria Hospital, Nizamabad Dist., Andhra Pradesh.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003622:Dapsone; D012293:Rifampin