Pulmonary tuberculosis and lepromatous leprosy co-infection in a single individual: A Case report

Autor:	Satyadeo Choubey, Mukesh Sharma, Bharat Agrawal
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Co-infection leprosy tuberculosis Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779
Zdroj:	The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 40-42 (2014)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2320-8775 2320-9089
DOI:	10.4103/2320-8775.126512
Popis:	The concomitant occurrence of the two oldest mycobacterial diseases that is tuberculosis and leprosy in a single individual is not rare but has been infrequently reported. Herein, we report a case of 34-year-old laborer who concomitantly presented with both sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis and lepromatous leprosy. The diagnosis of the two diseases was made simultaneously, which is again infrequent in literature. The treatment of leprosy warrants screening of individual for tuberculosis because multi-drug therapy for leprosy may lead to acquired drug resistance for rifampicin, which is a mainstem of anti-tubercular therapy.
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