@article{827, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Animals, Biological Assay, Child, Child, Preschool, Dapsone, Drug Resistance, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, leprosy, Male, Mice, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium leprae, Nepal}, author = {Samuel N M and Samuel S and Loudon J and Adiga R B}, title = {Primary dapsone resistant leprosy in Nepal.}, abstract = {

Mouse foot pad testing for primary dapsone resistant leprosy was performed in 15 patients. 13 were resistant (87%). Two patients below 10 years were living with lepromatous leprosy mothers, one male aged 21, was born in Kokana leprosarium and ten others gave no history of known contact of leprosy.

}, year = {1984}, journal = {Indian journal of leprosy}, volume = {56}, pages = {819-22}, month = {1984 Oct-Dec}, issn = {0254-9395}, language = {eng}, }