Relapsed and Borderline Cases of Tuberculoid Leprosy
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Relapse in a borderline-tuberculoid case of leprosy 5 years after the release from rifampicin monotherapy.
Paucibacillary cases of leprosy are now routinely being treated with two drugs, namely rifampicin (RFP) and diarnino diphenyl sulphone (DDS) . We report here a paucibacillary case of borderline-tuberculoid (BT) leprosy, who had taken a one-year course of daily RFP monotherapy, and relapsed as BT five years after the release from treatment. Mycobacterium Zeprae derived from this case was sensiti...
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