Low dose dapsone therapy in lepromatous leprosy.
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چکیده
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 therapeutic trials of low d ose dapsone in b acillated types of leprosy , conventional dosage of dapsone is recommende d .
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Leprosy review
دوره 46 2 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975