The bacteriological examination of slit-skin smears in leprosy control programmes using multiple drug therapy: a plea for radical changes in current operational methodology.
Georgiev
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Department of Dermatology, Slade Hospital Headington, Oxford, England.
McDougall
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D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007918:Leprosy / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009313:National Health Programs; D012008:Recurrence; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling
D007917:Leprostatic Agents