Treatment is an important aspect of leprosy control. Effective chemotherapy not only cures the patients, but also disrupts the transmission of infection. Development of chemotherapy of leprosy can be divided into three eras : presulfon, sulfon monotherapy, and multidrug therapy (MDT) era. This paper reviews the development of leprosy chemotherapy and drugs used in MDT : dapson, rifampisin, clof…
Leprosy is a chronic contagious diseases caused by Mycobacterium Leprae, which mainly affects skin and peripheral nerves but may also involve all internal organs except the central nervous system. There are five spectrums of leprosy according to Ridley and Jopling classification, based on clinical features, bacteriologic findings and histopathological examinations respectively. The relationship…
Lepra bubalorum or leprosy in water buffaloes, is an exotic disease in buffaloes. It is a very interesting phenomenon in Veterinary Medicine because until to date it has been found only in Indonesia. Kok and Rusli (1926) has published their first report in 1926 describing the disease in Java. Since then the diagnosis of leprosy has been established by histological examinations in about 146 wate…