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. 2022 Apr 18;66(5):e02170-21. doi: 10.1128/aac.02170-21

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of leprosy cases with antimicrobial resistance from October 2018 to September 2020 in Brazila

No. Case Resistanceb Genotype Region Age Sex Clinical form, WHO BI Treatment Reaction Relapse data
Suspected treatment failure data
Time of relapse (yrs) Previous treatment/no. doses Outcome of previous treatment Entry/yr Current treatment/no. doses
1 Relapse Rifampin + dapsone rpoB TCG 456 TTG (Ser-Leu) folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Southeast 61 F MB NA Substitutive NA NA MDT-MB irregular/9 Abandonment
2 Relapse Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Southeast 53 F MB 0.0 MDT No 7 MDT-PB regular/6 Cure
3 Relapse Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) North 28 F MB 4.0 MDT Yes NA MDT-MB irregular/8 Abandonment
4 Relapse Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Midwest 42 M MB NA MDT No 12 MDT-MB regular/12 Cure
5 Relapse Dapsone folP1 ACC 53 GCC (Thr-Ala) South 80 M MB NA MDT No 6 MDT-MB regular/24 Cure
6 Relapse Rifampin rpoB TCG 456 ATG (Ser-Met) Southeast 24 M MB 2.75 MDT No 9 MDT-PB irregular/6 Cure
7 Relapse Dapsone folP1 ACC 53 ATC (Tre-Ile) North 80 F MB 4.0 MDT NA NA NA NA
8 Relapse Ofloxacin gyrA GCA 91 GTA (Ala-Val) North 37 M MB 3.25 MDT Yes NA MDT-MB irregular/12 Cure
9 Suspected treatment failure Rifampin + dapsone rpoB TCG 456 TTG (Ser-Leu) folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Southeast 36 M MB NA MDT No New case/2018 MDT-MB/17
10 Suspected treatment failure Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Midwest 51 F MB NA MDT No New case/2018 MDT-MB/17
11 Suspected treatment failure Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Midwest 28 M MB NA MDT Yes Reentry/2019 MDT-MB/15
12 Suspected treatment failure Dapsone folP1 ACC 53 GCC (Thr-Ala) Midwest 51 M MB 1.0 Substitutive Yes New case/2015 MDT-MB/24
13 Suspected treatment failure Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) North 75 F MB 4.0 MDT No Reentry/2019 MDT-MB/17
14 Suspected treatment failure Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) North 24 F MB 4.0 Substitutive No New case/2017 MDT-MB/NA
15 Suspected treatment failure Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) North 44 F MB 3.3 MDT Yes New case/2017 MDT-MB/NA
16 New case Dapsone folP1 CCC 55 CGC (Pro-Arg) Southeast 59 M MB 2.0 MDT Yes
a

M, male; F, female; WHO, World Health Organization; MB, multibacillary; BI, bacilloscopic index; NA, not available; MDT, multidrug therapy; substitutive, treatment regimen with ofloxacin, minocycline, and clarithromycin.

b

Resistance inferred from mutations in drug resistance-determining regions that have been proven to cause resistance.