Two patients coinfected with Mycobacterium leprae and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and naïve for antiretroviral therapy who exhibited type 1 leprosy reactions mimicking the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4616-4618

  Trindade, M A B ^a,b   Valente, N Y S ^a   Manini, M I P ^c   Takahashi, M D F ^a,c   Anjos, C F D ^d   Benard, G ^a   Naafs, B ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c Center of Dermatology   (Brazil)

^d Emilio Ribas Infectious Diseases Institute   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO LAURO DE SOUZA LIMA   (Brazil)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PREDNISONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SKIN;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 33845576738     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01425-06     Document Type: Article

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