Leprosy in Auckland.
The purpose of this paper is to alert practitioners to the possibility of leprosy by giving practical points from local experience together with a modicum of background information. Local experience of 45 patients is described in the form of a recent survey done in 1979 in Auckland together with illustrative records.
D000328:Adult; D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D014905:Independent State of Samoa / Q000208:ethnology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D003622:Dapsone; D002991:Clofazimine; D012293:Rifampin