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Methotrexate treatment for type 1 (reversal) leprosy reactions.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2007) 45(1)
DOI: 10.1086/518699
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Corticosteroids are the drugs of choice for treatment of type 1 leprosy reactions, but when these agents cannot be used because of their adverse effects, alternative treatments are needed. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of a type 1 leprosy reaction that was successfully treated with methotrexate in a patient intolerant to corticosteroids who had borderline lepromatous leprosy.

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Biosca, G., Casallo, S., & López-Vélez, R. (2007). Methotrexate treatment for type 1 (reversal) leprosy reactions. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 45(1). https://doi.org/10.1086/518699

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