Perception of cure among leprosy patients post completion of multi-drug therapy.

Aleksandra Rosendo Dos SantosPãmela Rodrigues de Souza SilvaLetícia Gomes CostaPeter SteinmannEliane Ignotti

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Among successfully treated leprosy patients, a quarter self-report as unhealed of the disease. The factors associated with the perception of being unhealed are PD and complaints related to leprosy in the post-release from treatment phase.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
emergency department
stem cells