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Two microbiological relapses in a patient with lepromatous leprosy
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Two microbiological relapses in a patient with lepromatous leprosy
Lepr Rev.
2008 Sep.
Abstract
A lepromatous patient treated with dapsone in the pre-MDT era to the point of smear negativity (> 6 years), relapsed 5 years after stopping treatment. He was then put on WHO-MDT for multibacillary (MB) leprosy, and was treated again; he had negative slit skin smears (3 years). He again presented with a relapse of leprosy 17 years after stopping treatment, and this time he presented with borderline leprosy in reaction.
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