Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with leprosy

ABSTRACT

Miniature chest X-ray examination was carried out on 603 patients with leprosy (age between 20-40 years) attending the out patient clinic of the Rangoon General Hospital. 2.3 percent of patients with tuberculoid leprosy and 2.6 percent of patients with lepromatours leprosy showed doubtful shadow in the lungs by miniature radiography. As such doubtful shadowis seen in 2.6-3.6 percent of the general adult population in Burma, it would appear that our leprosy patients are neither more nor less prone to suffer pulmonary tuberculosis than the general population.