| The sulfone antibiotic dapsone often is recommended, although no prospective trials support its use for bites in humans. |
| Skin lesions in linear IgA dermatosis and chronic bullous disease of childhood respond rapidly when treated with dapsone or sulfapyridine. |
| Chemotherapy for leprosy generally includes dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine, which themselves may affect genetic damage in treated leprosy patients. |
| Prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or dapsone plus pyrimethamine is recommended. |
| Additional regimens include alternative dosing schedules of dapsone or inhaled pentamidine isethionate. |
| Patients will experience prompt relief of lesions within one to two days of initializing treatment with dapsone or sulfapyridine. |
