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“BLACK SPOTS” IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL: REPORT OF 12 CASES *
Author(s) -
Talwat E. N.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1983.tb00254.x
Subject(s) - dapsone , new guinea , leprosy , medicine , provocation test , dermatology , ethnology , pathology , history , alternative medicine
S ummary A fixed drug eruption related to the ingestion of Maloprim is described in Papua New Guinea Defence Force members and their dependants. Provocation tests using the two constituents of Maloprim indicated that dapsone was the cause. A fixed drug eruption caused by dapsone was reported in 1964 in deeply pigmented leprosy patients in Africa. This eruption has not been reported in Papua New Guinean leprosy patients on dapsone therapy.