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.
BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33681915 DA - 01/2021 DO - 10.1590/0037-8682-0375-2020 J2 - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 2021 T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical TI - Relapse in leprosy and drug resistance assessment in a tertiary hospital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. UR - https://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v54/1678-9849-rsbmt-54-e0375-2020.pdf VL - 54 SN - 1678-9849 ER -