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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 100-102 |
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Leprosy in an HIV-infected person
TS Chandra Gupta, Prakash Kumar Sinha, V Srinivasa Murthy, G Swarna Kumari
Department of STD, Rangaraya Medical College, Government General Hospital, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
T S Chandra Gupta
Department of STD, Government General Hospital, Kakinada - 533 001, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.39015
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As per literature, very few case reports of leprosy ( M. leprae infection) in association with HIV are available till date. The cause for this rare coexistence when compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis may be due to the fact that (a) M. leprae infection occurs due to affection of specific cell mediated immunity, (b) missing of signs and/or symptoms of leprosy both by physicians and patients as they are masked by overwhelming opportunistic infections and (c) long-time taken by M. leprae to manifest the disease. A case of lepromatous leprosy in an HIV-infected person is herewith reported for its rarity, wherein leprosy was nearly missed. Hence it is suggested to look for any evidence of leprosy in all HIV-positive cases. Then only the real incidence of leprosy in HIV-positive patients will come in the light. |
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