title: The bacteriological examination of slit-skin smears in leprosy control programmes using multiple drug therapy: a plea for radical changes in current operational methodology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Slade Hospital Headington, Oxford, England.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: McDougall
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents