Clinical Management of Leprosy Reactions

Authors :: Anjalie Graham
Lindsay M. Margoles
Kwasi Owusu
Sarah Furlong
Carlos Franco-Paredes
Source :: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 18:235-238
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2010.
Abstract: Leprosy reactions are an important contributor to nerve damage in patients with leprosy. Thus, it is critical to timely diagnose and effectively control them to prevent further nerve damage. Diagnosis of leprosy reactions is clinical because there are no laboratory tests or markers available