Literature DB >> 19472856

Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with upgrading Type 1 reaction in a HIV seropositive patient, after antiretroviral therapy: an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.

Hemanta Kumar Kar1, Pankaj Sharma, Meenakshi Bhardwaj.   

Abstract

A case of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy with upgrading Type 1 reaction, in a HIV seropositive patient, 7 weeks after starting highly active antiretroviral therapy, as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), is reported.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19472856

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lepr Rev        ISSN: 0305-7518            Impact factor:   0.537


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1.  Granulomatous reactivation during the course of a leprosy infection: reaction or relapse.

Authors:  Maria Angela Bianconcini Trindade; Gil Benard; Somei Ura; Cássio Cesar Ghidella; João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira; Francisco Reis Vianna; Alfredo Bolchat Marques; Ben Naafs; Raul Negrão Fleury
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2010-12-21

2.  Leprosy as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in patients living with HIV: Description of French Guiana's cases over 20 years and systematic review of the literature.

Authors:  Alice Mouchard; Romain Blaizot; Jenna Graille; Pierre Couppié; Chloé Bertin
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2022-03-04
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