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Leprosy [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 1989
M B, Gharpuray, A, Patki
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Chemoprophylaxis of leprosy with rifampicin in contacts of multibacillary patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background The annual new-case detection rate for leprosy, while generally stable over the last decade, shows that transmission rates have remained stagnant despite the successful worldwide administration of multidrug therapy since the 1980s.
Daiane Santos dos Santos, Nádia Cristina Duppre, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Anna Maria Sales, José Augusto Da Costa Nery, Milton Ozório Moraes, Luiz Antônio Bastos Camacho   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pruritic Perifollicular Umbilicated Papules in an Elderly Diabetic Patient

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Ojaswini Gadbail, Asharbh Raman, Kalyan Dalave, Priya Dev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Social Determination of Racial Inequities in Oral Health Among Indigenous Peoples

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To foster a critical analysis of the racial inequities affecting the oral health (OH) of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, framed by the social determination of the health‐disease‐care process (SDHP). Methods This critical literature review articulates the themes of colonisation, Indigenous peoples' oral health and racial inequities in ...
Lucas Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos, Diego Francisco Lima da Silva, Tainá Faustino Mafra, Herika de Arruda Mauricio, Rafael da Silveira Moreira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross‐Reactivity of Treponema pallidum Polyclonal Antibody With Mycobacterium Species

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Mycobacteria are typically identified using the acid‐fast staining technique. Prior reports have observed cross‐reactivity of Treponema pallidum immunohistochemistry (IHC) with Mycobacterium species, particularly Mycobacterium leprae.
A. G. Zaladonis, S. Waseh, F. Ali, S. Huang, J. T. Hyde, M. Tuluc, J. B. Lee   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Assessing Ciclosporin in the Treatment of Leprosy Reactions: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial and Other Studies. [PDF]

Leprosy patients present with a spectrum of skin lesions and neuropathy. Despite multi-drug therapy (MDT), which cures the infection, immunological reactions continue to occur, leading to disability and deformity secondary to neuropathy.
Lambert, SM
core   +1 more source

Predicting neuropathy and reactions in leprosy at diagnosis and before incident events. Results from the INFIR cohort study [PDF]

, 2009
BackgroundLeprosy is a disease of skin and peripheral nerves. The process of nerve injury occurs gradually through the course of the disease as well as acutely in association with reactions. The INFIR (ILEP Nerve Function Impairment and Reactions) Cohort
Smith, W Cairns S, Sundar Rao, P.S.S., Diana N J Lockwood, Einar P Wilder-Smith, Rao, P S S Sundar, Van Brakel, W.H., Das, Loretta, W Cairns S Smith, Jadhav Rupendra, Jadhav, R., Wilder-Smith, E.P., Barkataki, P., Wim H van Brakel, Sujai Suneetha, P S S Sundar Rao, Smith, W., Lockwood Diana N. J., Nicholls, P.G., Barkataki Pramila, Wilder-Smith, Einar P., Lockwood, D.N., Smith, W. Cairns S., Lockwood, Diana N J, Lavanya Suneetha, Pramila Barkataki, Suneetha Lavanya, Jadhav, Rupendra, Smith, W.C.S., Nicholls Peter G., Sundar Rao, PSS, Peter G Nicholls, Suneetha, L., Das Loretta, Smith W. Cairns S., Loretta Das, Das, L., van Brakel, Wim H., Lockwood, Diana NJ, Lockwood, Diana N.J., Wilder-Smith, Einar P, Suneetha, Sujai, Lockwood, D.N.J., Suneetha Sujai, Suneetha, Lavanya, van Brakel, Wim H, Sundar Rao P. S. S., van Brakel Wim H., Suneetha, S., Wilder-Smith Einar P., Rao, P.S.S.S., Nicholls, Peter G, Rupendra Jadhav, Barkataki, Pramila   +52 more
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Multilingual Digital Search Behavior Reveals Cultural Disparities in Vitiligo Information Needs in Germany

International Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
Multilingual vitiligo‐related Google search queries in Germany (October 2019–May 2023) were extracted and thematically coded across German, English, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, and Polish. Relative patterns highlighted language‐specific emphases in treatment information, camouflage, depigmentation, psychosocial burden, and faith/home‐remedy terms ...
Lilian Rauch, Christine Gasteiger, Markus Böhm, Georg Pliszewski, Tilo Biedermann, Alexander Zink   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relapse in leprosy

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 2009
Leprosy is unique in terms of the nature of the causative organism (Mycobacterium leprae), the chronicity of the disease, its prolonged treatment and the definitions of "cure" and "relapse." The principal mode of assessing the efficacy of therapeutic regimens in leprosy is the "relapse rate." There are wide variations in estimates of relapse rates ...
Kaimal, Sowmya, Thappa, Devinder Mohan
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