Lepromatous leprosy and human immunodeficiency virus: A rare co-infection
Acta Medica Philippina
;
: 177-180, 2018.
Artículo
en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
@#<p style="text-align justify;">We report a 23-year-old male with lepromatous leprosy atypically presenting with 5-year history of asymptomatic, verrucous papules, and nodules. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing was positive with depressed CD4 count. In HIV/leprosy co-infection, most of the documented patients were diagnosed with paucibacillary leprosy as immune reconstitution disease (IRD) from treatment-induced immunological recovery. Rarely, multibacillary lepromatous leprosy is encountered in the setting of untreated, severe immunodeficiency. Atypical clinical presentation warrants investigation for concurrent HIV infection.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Lepra Lepromatosa
/
VIH
/
Coinfección
/
Lepra
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Acta Medica Philippina
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
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