Negligible risk of inducing resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with single-dose rifampicin as post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy is administered as one single dose of rifampicin (SDR) to the contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients. SDR reduces the risk of developing leprosy among contacts by around 60 % in the first 2–3 years after receiving SDR. In countries where SDR is curre...

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Autores principales: Mieras, Liesbeth, Anthony, Richard, van Brakel, Wim, Bratschi, Martin W., van den Broek, Jacques, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Cavaliero, Arielle, Kasang, Christa, Perera, Geethal, Reichman, Lee, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Saunderson, Paul, Steinmann, Peter, Yew, Wing Wai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Scoping Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27268059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0140-y

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