Relapse rates and a 10-year follow-up of a 6-week quadruple drug regimen for multibacillary leprosy

A 6 week quadruple drug regimen for the treatment of multibacillary leprosy.

Reconviction rates of drug dependent patients treated in a residential therapeutic community: 10 year follow up.

Challenging case of Muscle Bridge; a 15-year follow-up of a patient

Background: Anatomically myocardial bridging (MB) consists of either superficial myocardial fibers that traverse over the LAD or deep fibers that encircle the coronary artery. In this study, we present a patient with myocardial bridging, who was primarily diagnosed with coronary artery disease which did not properly respond to full-dose medical treatment but benefited from coronary artery bypas...

Relapse following various types of multidrug therapy in multibacillary leprosy.

One of commonest questions asked by leprosy patients on their completing multidrug therapy (MDT) is, 'Am I cured?' . There are, of course, several different facets to this question, including the risk of subsequent physical deterioration due to damage to anaesthetic hands or feet. But, from the point of view of chemotherapy, the questioner is in effect enquiring whether all the leprosy bacilli ...

Neural relapse in multibacillary leprosy 6 years after end of treatment.

This article presents a case of relapse, with isolated neural manifestation, in a multibacillary patient previously treated with multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy (24 doses). The patient returned to the service six years after the end of treatment, with pain in hands and legs. He was investigated, and the serological monitoring showed an important increase in anti-phenolic glycolipid...