Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection

Simultaneous occurrence of leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis is reported infrequently in the modern era. We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patient being treated with glucocorticoids for complications of leprosy (type II reaction). Physicians should recognize that the leprosy p...

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Autores principales: Sendrasoa, F. A., Ranaivo, I. M., Raharolahy, O., Andrianarison, M., Ramarozatovo, L. S., Rapelanoro Rabenja, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26504603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/898410
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author Sendrasoa, F. A.
Ranaivo, I. M.
Raharolahy, O.
Andrianarison, M.
Ramarozatovo, L. S.
Rapelanoro Rabenja, F.
author_facet Sendrasoa, F. A.
Ranaivo, I. M.
Raharolahy, O.
Andrianarison, M.
Ramarozatovo, L. S.
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description Simultaneous occurrence of leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis is reported infrequently in the modern era. We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patient being treated with glucocorticoids for complications of leprosy (type II reaction). Physicians should recognize that the leprosy patients treated with glucocorticoid may develop tuberculosis.
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spelling pubmed-46094022015-10-26 Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection Sendrasoa, F. A. Ranaivo, I. M. Raharolahy, O. Andrianarison, M. Ramarozatovo, L. S. Rapelanoro Rabenja, F. Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Simultaneous occurrence of leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis is reported infrequently in the modern era. We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patient being treated with glucocorticoids for complications of leprosy (type II reaction). Physicians should recognize that the leprosy patients treated with glucocorticoid may develop tuberculosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4609402/ /pubmed/26504603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/898410 Text en Copyright © 2015 F. A. Sendrasoa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection
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title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection
title_short Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection
title_sort pulmonary tuberculosis and lepromatous leprosy coinfection
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