What Is Mdt in Leprosy
Leprosy Is Curable with a Combination of Drugs Known as Multidrug Therapy (Mdt), as the Treatment of Leprosy with Only One Antileprosy Drug (Monotherapy) Will...
Leprosy is curable with a combination of drugs known as multidrug therapy (MDT), as the treatment of leprosy with only one antileprosy drug (monotherapy) will result in development of drug resistance to that drug. The combination of drugs used in the MDT depends on the classification of the disease.
What is MDT in biology?
Metastasis-directed therapy (MDT)—local therapy that is intended to eradicate specific metastatic lesions—has hitherto been used with varying degrees of clinical efficacy and acceptance as a meaningful therapy for metastatic disease.
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What is the rationale for MDT in leprosy treatment?
Concerns had been raised that if the drugs were used as single agents, M. leprae would develop resistance to them. Therefore, the WHO committee recommended multi-drug therapy (MDT) to mitigate the development of drug resistance to any single anti-leprosy drug.
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