Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China

The reported number of registered leprosy patients worldwide declined with the introduction of multidrug therapy. However, the emergence of rifampicin resistance in leprosy patients engenders difficulties for an individual patient, and its dissemination could pose a threat to leprosy control. This s...

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Autores principales: Yu, Meiwen, Wu, Kan, Pei, Bing, Yang, Degang, Wang, Qiulin, Wang, Hongsheng, Shen, Jianping, Yan, Liangbing, Zhang, Guochen
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986632
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S49653
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author Yu, Meiwen
Wu, Kan
Pei, Bing
Yang, Degang
Wang, Qiulin
Wang, Hongsheng
Shen, Jianping
Yan, Liangbing
Zhang, Guochen
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Wu, Kan
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Yang, Degang
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description The reported number of registered leprosy patients worldwide declined with the introduction of multidrug therapy. However, the emergence of rifampicin resistance in leprosy patients engenders difficulties for an individual patient, and its dissemination could pose a threat to leprosy control. This study reports an elderly patient who was diagnosed with rifampicin-resistant lepromatous leprosy. This case indicates that inadequate treatment and poor compliance may eventually result in rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium leprae and clinical relapse.
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spelling pubmed-37544892013-08-28 Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China Yu, Meiwen Wu, Kan Pei, Bing Yang, Degang Wang, Qiulin Wang, Hongsheng Shen, Jianping Yan, Liangbing Zhang, Guochen Clin Interv Aging Short Report The reported number of registered leprosy patients worldwide declined with the introduction of multidrug therapy. However, the emergence of rifampicin resistance in leprosy patients engenders difficulties for an individual patient, and its dissemination could pose a threat to leprosy control. This study reports an elderly patient who was diagnosed with rifampicin-resistant lepromatous leprosy. This case indicates that inadequate treatment and poor compliance may eventually result in rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium leprae and clinical relapse. Dove Medical Press 2013 2013-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3754489/ /pubmed/23986632 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S49653 Text en © 2013 Yu et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Ltd, provided the work is properly attributed.
spellingShingle Short Report
Yu, Meiwen
Wu, Kan
Pei, Bing
Yang, Degang
Wang, Qiulin
Wang, Hongsheng
Shen, Jianping
Yan, Liangbing
Zhang, Guochen
Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China
title Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China
title_full Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China
title_fullStr Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China
title_full_unstemmed Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China
title_short Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China
title_sort rifampicin-resistant mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s republic of china
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986632
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S49653
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