Clofazimine is a highly lipophilic antimicrobial riminophenazine dye used in combination with other agents, such as dapsone, for the treatment of leprosy. It was originally described in 1957 and was the prototypical riminophenazine dye - a bright-red dye that, in its clinical use, results in long-lasting discoloration of the skin and bodily fluids. Although ...
Clofazimine is indicated for the treatment of lepromatous leprosy, including dapsone-resistant lepromatous leprosy and lepromatous leprosy complicated by erythema nodosum leprosum. To prevent the development of drug resistance, it should be used only in combination with other antimycobacterial leprosy treatments.
Usc La Nichd Crs, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre CRS, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Boston Medical Center Ped. HIV Program NICHD CRS, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
George Washington Univ Med Ctr, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dr Margaret Fischel, Miami, Florida, United States
Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr, San Francisco, California, United States
Keith Med Group, Los Angeles, California, United States
San Francisco Gen Hosp, San Francisco, California, United States
Montefiore Drug Treatment Ctr / Bronx Municipal Hosp, Bronx, New York, United States
Cook County Hosp, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bronx Lebanon Hosp Ctr, Bronx, New York, United States
St. Louis ConnectCare, Infectious Diseases Clinic, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Washington U CRS, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
NY Univ. HIV/AIDS CRS, New York, New York, United States
Henry Ford Hosp, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Southern New Jersey AIDS Cln Trials / Dept of Med, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Richmond AIDS Consortium, Richmond, Virginia, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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