The Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy providestate-of-the-
art knowledge and evidence on leprosy diagnosis, treatment andprevention based on a …

Leprosy is one of the oldest infectious diseases, reported for more than 2000 years. Leprosy
elimination goal as a public health problem set by the World Health Organization, aiming for …

Objectives Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a priority for surveillance in bacterial infections.
For leprosy, AMR has not been assessed because Mycobacterium leprae does not grow in …

Background Despite strong leprosy control measures, including effective treatment, leprosy
persists in the Comoros. As of May, 2022, no resistance to anti-leprosy drugs had been …

Background Leprosy has been treated with multidrug therapy, which has been distributed for
free across the globe and regarded as highly efficient. However, the impossibility of growing …

Dapsone (DDS), Rifampicin (RIF) and Ofloxacin (OFL) are drugs recommended by the
World Health Organization (WHO) for the treatment of leprosy. In the context of leprosy …

Antimicrobial resistance of disease-related microorganisms is considered a worldwide
prevalent and serious issue which increases the failure of treatment outcomes and leads to …

Background To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the World Health Organization
antibiotic regimen for the treatment of paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) leprosy …

Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy still represent significant public health challenges, especially
in low-and lower middle-income countries. Both poverty-related mycobacterial diseases …

Abstract Purpose of Review Leprosy is one of the first pathologies described in the history of
mankind. However, the ecology, transmission, and pathogenicity of the incriminated bacilli …