title: Multi-drug therapy in leprosy: an effective method of control.
abstract: The steady increase in the prevalence of dapsone-resistant strains of leprosy threatens to undermine all the advances thus made for the control of this disease. Adoption of multidrug therapy, which can reverse this trend, is urgent.
mesh_terms: D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005000:Ethionamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011515:Prothionamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents; D011515:Prothionamide; D003622:Dapsone; D002991:Clofazimine; D005000:Ethionamide; D012293:Rifampin