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A second case of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae isolated from a Japanese patient with relapsed lepromatous leprosy.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association - 1 Sept 2003
Matsuoka Masanori, Kashiwabara Yoshiko, Liangfen Zhang, Goto Masamichi, Kitajima Shin-ichi
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium leprae was reported soon after the introduction of dapsone (diamino-diphenyl sulphone, DDS) for leprosy treatment (6, 10, 11). Three cases of multidrug-resistant strains of M. leprae have been reported recently (2, 8, 9, 13). In order to prevent multiple drug resistant strains of M. leprae from developing, current leprosy control strategies are based on early...
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