LEPROSY AND RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
DATE A JOHN GT THOMAS PP JACOB CK
Citation
A. Date et al., LEPROSY AND RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION, Leprosy review, 69(1), 1998, pp. 40-45
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases","Infectious Diseases","Tropical Medicine",Pathology
Journal title
Leprosy review → ACNP
ISSN journal
03057518
Volume
69
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
40 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7518(1998)69:1<40:LAR>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Nine cases of leprosy in patients treated at a large renal transplant centre in South Asia are described. Three had leprosy diagnosed before transplantation and had either completed or were continuing chemother apy at the time of transplantation. One showed exacerbation of undiscl osed leprosy after transplantation. Five patients developed the diseas e for the first time 22 months to 12 years after transplantation. Immu nosuppression did not adversely affect the treatment of leprosy in any of the patients though concurrent liver disease required cessation of rifampicin in one patient.