PRIMARY DAPSONE-RESISTANT LEPROSY IN CEBU, PHILIPPINES

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 49  (4) , 427-430
Abstract
A survey of the prevalence of primary dapsone-resistant leprosy in Cebu, Philippines, has yielded an estimates of 3.6/100. Of 55 patients, 53 proved to have Mycobacterium leprae fully susceptible to dapsone. The organisms of 2 patients multiplied in mice administered the minimal effective dose of dapsone; and those of 1 of these patients also multipled in mice administered dapsone in a 10-fold larger dose.

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