title: [Leprosy reactions in discharged patients following cure by multidrug therapy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reactional states are the main cause of nerve lesions and incapacities provoked by leprosy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study aimed at verifying the frequency of leprosy reactions in discharged patients following cure by multidrug therapy (MDT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among patients who presented reactions during treatment, 35.5% continued after MDT; of those that did not present during treatment, only 12.7% presented after discharge; 63.4% multibacillary patients presented during and 31.7% after; 27.7% paucibacillary patients presented during and 8.3% after.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A direct proportional relation exists between the presence of reactions during and after treatment. Multibacillary clinical forms present a greater frequency of reactions during and after cure.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências da Saúde, Hospital Universitário Clemente Faria, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG. wallis@uai.com.br
authors.forename: Linton Wallis Figueiredo
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents