DAPSONE RESISTANCE IN A Mycobacterium leprae ISOLATE WITH TWO POINT MUTATIONS IN folP GENE FROM A LEPROSY PATIENT
Drug resistance in leprosy is important for Leprosy Control Program, since the WHO-Multidrug regiment (MDT) has been used for global treatment of leprosy for more than two decades already.A Dapsone resistance case in a Multibacillary (MB) leprosy case is reported.The patient was diagnosed and treated in Tajuddin Chalid Hospital Makassar, South Sula