Present situation of leprosy in Japan, 2006-2010: analysis of drug resistance in new registered and relapsed cases by molecular biological methods

J Dermatol Sci. 2012 Sep;67(3):192-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2012.05.002. Epub 2012 May 24.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Dapsone / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Leprostatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Leprosy / drug therapy*
  • Leprosy / epidemiology*
  • Leprosy / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium leprae / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium leprae / metabolism
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Recurrence
  • Registries
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Leprostatic Agents
  • Dapsone
  • Rifampin