Concurrent pulmonary tuberculosis and lepromatous leprosy in a newly diagnosed HIV positive patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: The leprosy-tuberculosis (TB) co-infection is rarely reported in recent times. However, this dual comorbidity is associated with high mortality and major morbidity. Unrecognised leprosy-TB co-infection may predispose affected patients to rifampicin monotherapy and subsequent drug resista...

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Autores principales: Masuka, Josiah T., Mkhize, Zamambo, Pillay, Somasundram, Mosam, Anisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8247149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34193098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01572-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8247149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34193098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01572-w

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