Variability of Urinary Dapsone/Creatinine Concentration Ratios in Leprosy Patients Fully Compliant with Dapsone Therapy
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Low dose dapsone therapy in lepromatous leprosy.
U n der the conditions of this s tudy, dapsone in d oses of 5 mg and 10 mg daily when ad ministered to p atients with lepromat ous leprosy is an ineffe ctive therapy in terms of killing and elimin ation of My co. leprae from human skin and b one marrow . A real danger of facili tating the emergence of resistant bacilli exists . Therefore , un til there is more evidence from long term therapeuti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0305-7518
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19790019