Leprosy Drug Resistance Surveillance in Colombia: The Experience of a Sentinel Country.

• Main Authors: Camilo Beltrán-Alzate (Author), Fernando López Díaz (Author), Marcela Romero-Montoya (Author), Rama Sakamuri (Author), Wei Li (Author), Miyako Kimura (Author), Patrick Brennan (Author), Nora Cardona-Castro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An active search for Mycobacterium leprae drug resistance was carried out, 243 multibacillary patients from endemic regions of Colombia were included from 2004 to 2013 in a surveillance program. This program was a World Health Organization initiative for drug resistance surveillance in leprosy, wher...