dapsone in English
Multidrug treatment with the antibiotic combination rifampicin, dapsone , and clofazimine is highly effective in curing infection, with relapse rates of 1%.
Use "dapsone" in a sentence
1. Dapsone was first studied as an antibiotic in 1937.
2. Dapsone, a sulfone, is used therapeutically to treat leprosy and dermatitis herpetiformis.
3. The composition contains dapsone as the active ingredient which displays excellent results in application.
4. In addition, dapsone reduced intracellular expression of NOX and restored degraded mitochondria function in human fibroblasts.
5. Later, Indian scientist Shantaram Yawalkar and his colleagues formulated a combined therapy using rifampicin and dapsone, intended to mitigate bacterial resistance.
6. The following drugs are undoubtedly effective and sometimes even the therapy of choice: tetracyclines in acne vulgaris and rosacea (including rosacea keratitis); penicillin G in acrodermatitis atrophicans and cold urticaria; dapsone in dermatitis herpetiformis and — as a powerful adjuvant — in acne vulgaris and rosacea.
7. Drugs such as ketotifen, doxepin, H2-blockers, glucocorticoids, leukotriene receptor antagonists, COX-2-inhibitors, antimalarials, dapsone, sulfasalazine, antibiotics, acyclovir, nifedipine, danazol, terbutaline, warfarin, histaglobin, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide and intravenous immunoglobulin are reviewed as well as measures such as plasmapheresis, phototherapy, diet and psychosomatic treatment.