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The Treatment of Leprosy

Leprosy Review, 1934
NO CENTURY in the history of medicine has seen such revolutionary changes in our conception of disease, especially in the realm of treatment, as has the twentieth century, particularly in the last 30 years. New discoveries have given rise to fresh approaches to diseases which hitherto were considered incurable, and many of these diseased conditions ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Combination of Oral Doxycycline and Rifampin for Pan‐Drug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Pan‐drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major therapeutic challenge, particularly when standard last‐line agents are unavailable or contraindicated. We report a 45‐year‐old man with multifocal osteomyelitis and persistent purulent wound discharge despite broad‐spectrum antibiotics, repeated debridement, and two sequential amputations ...
Ali Akbar Heydari, Sepideh Elyasi, Farshad Abedi   +2 more
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Focusing anti-discrimination efforts in areas of most relevance to people affected by leprosy [PDF]

, 2017
Summary: We conducted a brief survey using a number of dimensions of the Principles and Guidelines accompanying the Resolution on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, to increase our ...
Duck, Mathias, Van 'T Noordende, Anna T, Krylova, Vera Lacey, Kuipers, Pim   +3 more
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Autophagy Impairment Is Associated With Increased Inflammasome Activation and Reversal Reaction Development in Multibacillary Leprosy

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Leprosy reactions are responsible for incapacities in leprosy and represent the major cause of permanent neuropathy. The identification of biomarkers able to identify patients more prone to develop reaction could contribute to adequate clinical ...
Mayara Garcia de Mattos Barbosa, Bruno Jorge de Andrade Silva, Tayná Quintella Assis, Rhana Berto da Silva Prata, Helen Ferreira, Priscila Ribeiro Andrade, Jéssica Araújo da Paixão de Oliveira, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro   +10 more
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Physapubescin B From Physalis: A Food‐Derived Withanolide for Cancer Chemoprevention and Nutraceutical Development

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
Physapubescin B may interfere with multiple cancer‐associated signaling pathways by inhibiting Ras/Raf/mitogen‐activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal‐regulated kinase (Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK) signaling and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)‐dependent angiogenesis.
Wojciech Koch, Katarzyna Stępnik, Anna Wawruszak, Estera Okoń, Agata Jarząb, Katarzyna Gaweł‐Bęben, Magdalena Michalak‐Tomczyk, Jacek Jachuła, Magdalena Zdziebło, Paweł Helon, Javad Sharifi‐Rad, Daniela Calina   +11 more
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IgG subclass antibodies to Mycobacterial sonicate and recombinant antigens in leprosy [PDF]

, 1995
In this study the IgG subclass antibodies to sonicated preparations of Mycobacterium leprae (leprosin A) and BCG (BCG-S) as well as to purified recombinant 65 kDa protein of M.
Ramu, G., Shankernarayan, N. P., Sheela, R., Muthukkaruppan, V. R.   +3 more
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Strong‐Ties and Weak‐Ties Rationalities: Predicting Public Stigma, Support Networks, and Health Behaviours During the COVID‐19 Pandemic Across Four Societies

International Journal of Psychology, Volume 61, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In this study, we test the theory of strong‐ties and weak‐ties rationalities (STWTR) (Sundararajan 2020) and the criterion validity of its measures using strong‐ties rationality and weak‐ties rationality scales to predict COVID‐19 related perceptions and behaviours.
Rachel Sing‐Kiat Ting, Jane Terpstra‐Tong, May Kyi Zay Hta, Zhong‐Yao Xie, Yi‐Fan Chen, Michael Harris Bond, Kuang‐Hui Yeh, Louise Sundararajan   +7 more
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Leprosy in families: Clinicoepidemiological profile from a tertiary care centre

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2017
Objectives: The primary objective of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence of leprosy in families, and the secondary objective was to study the clinicoepidemiological features of leprosy in families.
Sukumaran Pradeep Nair
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Smile Asymmetry and Eyelid Closure Following Temporalis Muscle Transfer for Facial Reanimation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

The Laryngoscope, Volume 136, Issue 8, Page 3314-3324, August 2026.
This systematic review and meta‐analysis of 53 studies and 1354 patients evaluates the outcomes of temporalis muscle transfer in facial nerve paralysis. Our results show that temporalis muscle transfer can restore smile asymmetry, oral commissure movement, and eyelid closure—findings that are translated to clinician‐rated assessments.
Amirpouyan Namavarian, Jonathan M. Chung, Saud Sunba, Hedyeh Ziai, Ahmed Bagit, Eimaan Khan, Antoine Eskander, Danny Enepekides   +7 more
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A phase two randomised controlled double blind trial of high dose intravenous methylprednisolone and oral prednisolone versus intravenous normal saline and oral prednisolone in individuals with leprosy type 1 reactions and/or nerve function impairment. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Leprosy Type 1 reactions are a major cause of nerve damage and the preventable disability that results. Type 1 reactions are treated with oral corticosteroids and there are few data to support the optimal dose and duration of treatment.
Dhakal, Sushmita, Macdonald Murdo, Kishori Mahat, Walker Stephen L., Deanna A Hagge, Ruchal Shudan, Diana N J Lockwood, Deanna A. Hagge, Nicholls Peter G., Peter G Nicholls, Stephen L. Walker, Ruchal, Shudan, Kapil D. Neupane, Peter G. Nicholls, Neupane, Kapil D, Diana N. J. Lockwood, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Neupane Kapil D., Shudan Ruchal, Walker, Stephen L, Kapil D Neupane, Hagge, Deanna A, Stephen L Walker, Sushmita Dhakal, Hamal Sushma, Hawksworth, Rachel A, Murdo Macdonald, Sushma Hamal, Nicholls, Peter G, Rachel A Hawksworth, Lockwood Diana N. J., Hagge Deanna A., Macdonald, Murdo, Mahat Kishori, Dhakal Sushmita, Hawksworth Rachel A., Mahat, Kishori, Rachel A. Hawksworth, Hamal, Sushma   +38 more
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