Multidrug therapy (MDT) uses combinations of antibiotics that kill<unk>  including: dapsone, rifampin, clofazamine, fluoroquinolones, azithromycin, and minocycline. Antibiotics must be taken regularly until treatment is complete due to the fact<unk>  has the ability to grow back. A preventive measure of<unk>  is to avoid close contact with infectious people who are untreated. Blindness, crippling of the hands and feet, and paralysis are all effects of nerve damage done by untreated<unk> . Treatment does not reverse the nerve damage done, which is why it is recommended to get treated as soon as possible. The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine offers a variable amount of protection against leprosy in addition to its main target of tuberculosis.
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium lepromatosis
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Epidermophyton floccosum
Trichophyton rubrum
Mycobacterium orygis
Trichobacteriosis axillaris
Madurella mycetomatis