| Literature DB >> 15112073 |
P Pignataro1, A da Silva Rocha, J A C Nery, A Miranda, A M Sales, H Ferrreira, V Valentim, P N Suffys.
Abstract
Reported here are the cases of two HIV-positive patients with skin lesions suggestive of leprosy, based on clinical and pathological analysis, which worsened during the few weeks following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. The lesions improved after a few weeks of multidrug therapy for leprosy. Mycobacterium leprae was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of blood in case 1 and of a biopsy sample in case 2. Neither Mycobacterium avium complex nucleic acid, which is usually associated with immune restoration syndrome, nor mycobacterial cutaneous manifestations were detected in either case.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15112073 DOI： 10.1007/s10096-004-1131-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN： 0934-9723 Impact factor: 3.267