Clinical and electrophysiological evaluation of nerve function impairment following cessation of multidrug therapy in leprosy

摘要

Seventeen multibacillary(MB)and 15 paucibacillary(PB)cases of leprosy who had had regular and adequate multidrug therapy(MDT)were examined clinically and electrophysiologically at periodic intervals for 1 year following cessation of MDT. All the major nerves assessed or nerve function impairment (NFI). Overall, two MB(13.3/100)and three PB(20/100)cases showed sings of deterioration clinically and/or electrophysiologically.