10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTILEPROSY»
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antileprosy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Pharmacology for Nursing Care
Accordingly, the drug is always combined with other antileprosy agents (eg,
dapsone plus clofazimine). Dapsone Actions and Uses. Dapsone, taken orally, is
weakly bactericidal to M leprae. The drug is safe, inexpensive, and moderately ...
2
Treatment of Skin Diseases
Type II lepra reaction generally follows specific antileprosy treatment and
continues to recur as long as there are enough leprosy bacilli to provide the
antigen. With continued antileprosy treatment however, the relapses of ENL
become ...
J. S. Pasricha, Kaushal Verma, 2013
3
WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy: Seventh Report
7.2.3 Sustainability of antileprosy activities and other issues Leprosy cases will
continue to appear, in smaller numbers, beyond the year 2000 because of
infection acquired earlier and the low level of transmission in endemic
communities.
4
Textbook of Dermatology, Leprology & Venereology
ANTILEPROSY. DRUGS. Fluoroquinolones: These are orally effective drugs that
act by inhibition of DNA gyrase to introduce negative supercoiling. Of the
fluoroquinolones, pefloxacin and ofloxacin have been subjected to clinical trials
in ...
5
Molecular Medical Microbiology, Three-Volume Set
The three most important antileprosy drugs are dapsone, rifampicin and
clofazimine. Used in combination these three drugs have been the cornerstone of
leprosy control. Two regimens are commonly used, one for paucibacillary leprosy
and ...
Yi-Wei Tang, Dongyou Liu, Ian Poxton, 2001
6
Antimicrobial Drugs: Chronicle of a Twentieth Century ...
Antileprosy. agents. It is likely that the lepers described in the bible and other
ancient texts suffered from a variety of skin diseases of which that caused by
Mycobacterium leprae is just one example. True leprosy was, however, certainly
...
7
WHO Model Formulary 2008
Antileprosy. medicines. Leprosy is a chronic mycobacterial infection due to
Mycobacterium leprae, which is a slow-growing intracellular bacillus that
infiltrates the skin, peripheral nerves, the nasal and other mucosa, and the eyes;
it affects ...
Mark C. Stuart, Maria Kouimtzi, Suzanne Hill, 2009
8
QSAR and Drug Design: New Developments and Applications: New ...
A well known example is that sulfanilamide and its analogs exhibit not only their
principal activity as antibacterials, but also antileprosy, antidiabetic, diuretic, and
uricosuric activities (43). In each category, series compounds have been ...
H. Timmerman, T. Fujita, 1995
9
The Lupus Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
As with antileprosy drugs, retinoids are used concurrently with antimalarials until
the rashes improve to the degree that the drugs can be discontinued. Beta
carotene is a nonprescription retinoid health supplement that acts as a mild sun
block, ...
10
Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2013: 5 Books in 1
Leprosy EVIDENCE There is a relative paucity of randomized controlled trials in
antileprosy treatments. The current WHO multidrug regimens have proved so
successful that it would likely be deemed unethical to test alternatives, especially
in ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTILEPROSY»
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antileprosy is used in the context of the following news items.
Japanese Efforts Continue to End Discrimination Against Leprosy
In order to overcome antileprosy discrimination, those active in the struggle to improve the lives of those affected by the disease have sought to ... «Nippon.com, Jul 13»
Fact sheet N°101
So far, there has been no resistance to antileprosy treatment when used as MDT. Efforts currently focus on eliminating leprosy at a national level in the ... «World Health Organization, Oct 04»
