title: The number of Mycobacterium leprae in the pretreatment biopsy-specimen does not determine the rate of response of patients with lepromatous leprosy to chemotherapy with acedapsone.
mesh_terms: D000072:Acedapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003622:Dapsone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000254:growth & development; D011897:Random Allocation; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000072:Acedapsone; D003622:Dapsone