Relapse in leprosy and drug resistance assessment in a tertiary hospital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Autor:	Chagas DF; Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Morais, Serviço de Dermatologia, Vitória, ES, Brasil., Diniz LM; Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Morais, Serviço de Dermatologia, Vitória, ES, Brasil., Lucas EA; Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Morais, Serviço de Dermatologia, Vitória, ES, Brasil., Moraes MO; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Serviço de Hansenologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2021 Mar 08; Vol. 54. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 08 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0375-2020
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Leprosy recurrence is the reappearance of the disease after treatment with current schemes and discharged for cure and may have variable incubation periods. Methods: This is a descriptive observational study of leprosy recurrence in Espírito Santo diagnosed between January 2018 and January 2020. Results: One hundred and ninety-two cases were available, of which 30 were diagnosed with leprosy recurrence. Conclusions: In 25 cases, the incubation period was 5-15 years after the first treatment, favoring bacillary persistence. In the remaining 5 cases, the disease had recurred after 15 years, pointing to reinfection as none of them exhibited drug resistance.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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