A critical appraisal of an article on therapy: Safety and efficacy of oral fusidic acid as a steroid-sparing agent in the treatment of lepra reactions: an assessor-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial

A 23-year-old male diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, BB-BL, was started on multi-drug therapy (MDT). On his 6th month of therapy, he was started on prednisone 40mg/day for management of type 2 lepra reaction.

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