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. 2007 Jul;37(3):162-3.
doi: 10.1258/004947507781524700.

Mortality due to dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome complicating multi-drug therapy for leprosy in Nepal

B Pandey  1 , K Shrestha, J Lewis, R A Hawksworth, S L Walker
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Mortality due to dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome complicating multi-drug therapy for leprosy in Nepal

B Pandey et al. Trop Doct. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

Dapsone is a component of multi-drug therapy (MDT) for the treatment of all types of leprosy. It is known that dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome (DHS) complicates the treatment in a proportion of patients. We performed a retrospective study of patients commenced on MDT between 1990 and 2006; 2% developed DHS and 0.25% died due to DHS.

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