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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-three active multibacillary patients from nine counties of Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province, and 47 active cases from Menla County, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, were treated with 24 and 27 months of multidrug therapy (MDT), respectively, in 1983. Clinical assessments, smears, and histopathologic examinations were carried out independently by study teams from the Institutes of Dermatology of these two provinces. Reexaminations at 12-14 months and at termination of therapy showed marked improvement, and there was continued improvement at 12-18 and 33 months on follow up. Conversion of the bacterial index to negativity was 0/33, 5/47 for the patients from Shandong and Yunnan provinces, respectively, at the end of MDT and 2/33 at 12 months' and 17/47 at 18 months' follow up, which increased to 21/33 and 26/44 at 33 months' follow up. Regression of specific infiltration was about 21%-100% after 24-27 months of MDT; further regression to 95%-100% occurred at 33 months' follow up.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0148-916X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
622-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Short-term multidrug therapy in multibacillary leprosy--review of 80 cases in two provinces of China (1983-1988).
pubmed:affiliation
Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article