title: Relapse rates following leprosy multidrug therapy.
abstract: This is a retrospective study of relapses among leprosy patients who received multiple drug therapy in Trinidad and Tobago between January 1982 and December 1994. The results of the study reveal a relapse rate of 0.65% for multibacillary cases and 1.5% for paucibacillary cases. These results are comparable to the relapse rates reported by the World Health Organization.
authors.affiliation: Hansen's Disease Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suite
mesh_terms: D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents