| Author | Chagas, Danielle Ferreira | |
| Author | Diniz, Lucia Martins | |
| Author | Lucas, Elton Almeida | |
| Author | Moraes, Milton Ozório | |
| Access date | 2022-02-09T17:50:01Z | |
| Available date | 2022-02-09T17:50:01Z | |
| Document date | 2021 | |
| Citation | CHAGAS, Danielle Ferreira et al. Relapse in leprosy and drug resistance assessment in a tertiary hospital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 54, p. 1-4, 2021. | |
| ISSN | 0037-8682 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/51119 | |
| Description | Produção científica do Laboratório de Hanseníase. | pt_BR |
| Language | eng | en_US |
| Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | |
| Rights | open access | |
| Title | Relapse in leprosy and drug resistance assessment in a tertiary hospital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil | en_US |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0375-2020 | |
| Abstract | 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. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo. Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Morais. Serviço de Dermatologia. Vitória, ES, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo. Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Morais. Serviço de Dermatologia. Vitória, ES, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo. Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Morais. Serviço de Dermatologia. Vitória, ES, Brasil. | |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Serviço de Hansenologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
| Subject | Leprosy | en_US |
| Subject | Recurrence | en_US |
| Subject | Relapse | en_US |
| Subject | Epidemiology | en_US |
| Subject | Drug resistance | en_US |
| e-ISSN | 1678-9849 | |
