abstract：:Leprosy mutilations of the muscles and skeleton can be relieved by reconstructive surgery, but evaluation of the results of these operations is seldom undertaken. Between 1975 and 1984, 59 leprosy patients were operated on at the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, for lagophthalmus with the transpositio...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Weber MW,Van Soest A,Neff G,Chiang T,Pfau R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical observations carried out on 10 leprosy patients with HIV1-infection, admitted between 1.1.1986 and 1.5.1988 to the Salvation Army Hospital at Chikankata, Mazabuka, Zambia are described. A total of 8 of this group were newly-diagnosed borderline leprosy patients. Their clinical data were compared with thos...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Vreeburg AE

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antileprosy activity of a new quinolone, sparfloxacin, was examined in the nude mouse footpad model. By serial dosing (once a day, 5 or 6 times per week, during the 3rd-5th months postinoculation), 10 mg/kg of sparfloxacin displayed bactericidal-type activity and bacteriostatic activity was present at daily doses ...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Gidoh M,Tsutsumi S

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombay has a population of about 8 million people, one-half of whom live in slums. In 1981, ALERT-India started its first leprosy control project in N, S and T Wards of Greater Bombay Municipal Corporation covering an area of 122 sq km in the north-eastern suburbs of Vidhyavihar, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Bhand...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Samy AA,Mancheril J,Manek KP,McDougall AC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cure rates of two treatment regimens in PB leprosy were compared in a prospective randomized trial: treatment U consisting of a single dose of rifampicin 40 mg/K bodyweight, and treatment A of rifampicin 1500 mg in a single dose, followed by one year of daily dapsone 100 mg. In patients with a BI = 0, the cure rat...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Pattyn SR,Groenen G,Janssens L,Kuykens L,Mputu LB

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytotoxic autoantibodies (LCAbs) of the IgM class have been identified in patients with borderline tuberculoid (BT) and borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy with Type I reactions (I) as well as lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients with erythema nodosum leprosum reactions (ENL). The observation that lymphocytotoxic a...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Rasheed FN,Locniskar M,McCloskey DJ,Hasan RS,Chiang TJ,Rose P,de Soldenhoff R,Festenstein H,McAdam KP

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the leprosy vaccine trial taking place in Karonga District, Northern Malaŵi, it is essential to establish whether the presence of HIV infection in the population is affecting the incidence rate or clinical presentation of leprosy or the effectiveness of the trial vaccines. To obtain the appropriate informat...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Shaw MA,Turner AC,Blackwell JM,Fine PE,Ponnighaus JM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study on leprosy includes information obtained from the Ibn Sina Hospital, a specialized centre established 27 years ago for treatment and management of the disease in Saudi Arabia. A total of 792 patients with leprosy were reported during the period of the study (1986-89). A steady decline was observed in the nu...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Ibrahim MA,Kordy MN,Aiderous AH,Bahnassy A

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular atrophy of the first web space in the hand is a common finding following ulnar nerve palsy and this deformity is very stigmatizing among leprosy patients in some countries and cultures. We present our experience with the carvable soft-silicone rubber block implant to correct this deformity. We discuss the pro...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Duerksen F,Virmond M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tupaia belangeri yunalis (tree shrew) is one of the primitive primates. They were inoculated subcutaneously in the footpad or intravenously with Mycobacterium leprae from a patient with multibacillary leprosy. As controls, the footpads of CFW mice were inoculated with the same suspension of M. leprae. The results ...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Wang HY,Liu JH,Ye SZ,Yu LC,Shi MQ,Sang HG

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compulsory notification of leprosy in Portugal formed the basis for the establishment of a national patient registry used in an epidemiological study. Highest incidence rates were observed in the coastal counties in the middle of Portugal and particularly in the municipalities with a high annual rainfall. Peak inciden...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Irgens LM,Melo Caeiro F,Lechat MF

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assumptions underlying trials of agents claiming to heal plantar ulcers 'faster' and 'better' are shown to be fallacious and it is pointed out that in most cases these ulcers fail to heal for lack of attention and not for want of a specific topical agent. Clinical trials in this area are difficult and are not wort...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Srinivasan H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Flu' syndrome as a complication of intermittent weekly administration of rifampicin is well documented. The rare occurrence of 'flu' syndrome on once monthly rifampicin is reported in this paper. ...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Vaz M,Jacob AJ,Rajendran A

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses the need for suitably written and illustrated material for the patient with leprosy with emphasis on the effective administration of WHO recommended multiple drug therapy (MDT) and the prevention of deformities. The successful implementation of MDT strategy for leprosy control calls for attention ...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： McDougall AC,Georgeiv GD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1981 to 1983 all multibacillary patients presenting at the collaborating centres in Zaire and Rwanda were treated with one of the following regimens: 6 months supervised daily RMP 600 mg, ETH 500 mg and DDS 100 mg or CLO 100 mg followed by 6 months unsupervised daily DDS 100 mg or CLO 100 mg with ETH 500 mg added...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Pattyn SR,Groenen G,Janssens L,Deverchin J,Ghys P

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of ocular changes in reactions in leprosy was undertaken to assign these changes, their proper place in the wide spectrum of ocular morbidity in leprosy. 76.1% of eyes of Type I reaction and 89.7% of eyes with Type II reaction showed some ocular involvement. Corneal hypoaesthesia, superficial punctate keratiti...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Shorey P,Krishnan MM,Dhawan S,Garg BR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins not only have a role in inflammation, but may also be involved as mediators in the immune response. Drugs which affect prostaglandin synthesis may therefore be potential tools with which to modulate disturbed immunity. These possibilities are discussed with reference to immunity in leprosy, and in parti...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Klenerman P

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Sri Lanka the overall prevalence of leprosy was 0.14 per 1000 population and the incidence 0.07 per 1000 population at the end of 1987. Although the endemicity is low in the island, disease transmission has not yet been achieved as the annual detection of new cases and the child rate has been gradually rising. The ...

journal_title：Leprosy review

authors： Dewapura DR

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00