Concomitant age old infections of mankind – tuberculosis and leprosy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Concomitant leprosy and tuberculosis is reported infrequently. Literature suggests that the infrequent occurrence of both leprosy and tuberculosis is based on the transmission dynamics of both the infections. CASE PRESENTATION: Two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patients be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T, Menezes, Ritesh G, Kishore, PV
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1936425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17615070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-43
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Concomitant leprosy and tuberculosis is reported infrequently. Literature suggests that the infrequent occurrence of both leprosy and tuberculosis is based on the transmission dynamics of both the infections. CASE PRESENTATION: Two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patients being treated with glucocorticoids for complications of leprosy are reported. CONCLUSION: Clinicians should recognize corticosteroid treated leprosy patients as a population likely to develop concomitant tuberculosis.

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