ArticleBMJ case reports2018
Coinfection of leprosy and tuberculosis.
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- Coinfection with Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Case Series in Malagasy Patients.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Leprosy with subsequent type 2 reaction masquerading as cutaneous tuberculosis: a case report and diagnostic pitfalls in a non-endemic area.Le infezioni in medicina · 2024Article
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- Tuberculosis treatment unmasking leprosy: management of drug-resistant tuberculosis and leprosy co-infection.Public health action · 2019Article
- Leprosy cases with respiratory infection - Rule out tuberculosis simultaneously with dapsone syndrome.Indian journal of pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
Leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) are endemic to India, however, their coinfection is not frequently encountered in clinical practice. Here, we report a 32-year-old female patient who presented with a history of high-grade intermittent fever, cough and painless skin lesions since a month, along with bilateral claw hand (on examination). The haematological profile was suggestive of anaemia of chronic disease, chest radiograph showed consolidation, sputum smears were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and skin slit smear confirmed leprosy. The patient was prescribed WHO recommended multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy with three drugs. Additionally, prednisolone was added to her regimen for 2 weeks to treat the type 2 lepra reaction. For treatment of TB, she was placed on the standard 6-month short course chemotherapy. She was lost to follow-up, and attempts were made to contact her. Later, it came to our notice that she had discontinued medications and passed away 3 months after diagnosis.
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