Leprosy Mailing List – January 29, 2015
Ref.: (LML) How Efficacious is MDT
From: Helen Roberts, Kolkata, Bengal, India
Dear Pieter,
Thank Dr.V.P.Shetty for bringing up the issue of Relapse (LML January 29, 2015).
I would like to know what was presentation at the first diagnosis? Are the symptoms similar in nature?
At TLM Kolkata, we have also come across patients relapsing after completing full course of MDT/MB. Their clinical presentation was very similar to the first presentation including the smear status. They are sensitive to both Rifampicin and Dapsone.
The question we need to ask is this: if they responded to treatment successfully, why have they presented with similar clinical features - Has it something to do with the environment that they live in? - Is it reinfection from the soil bacteria?
Helen Roberts, Medical Superintendent
Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital,259, A, APC Road,Kolkata- 700 006. West Bengal
Mobile: 9831557368 ,Phone: 23506072,Skype : jainy.helen, Website: tlmkolkata.wix.com/home
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