Variations in leprosy manifestations among HIV-positive patients, Manaus, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 673-674

  Talhari, Carolina ^a   Matsuo, Christiane ^a,b   Chrusciak Talhari, Anette ^a,b   De Ferreira, Luis Carlos Lima ^a,b   Mira, Marcelo ^c   Talhari, Sinésio ^a,b  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine of Amazonas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BORDERLINE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; LETTER; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; NEUROCRYPTOCOCCUS; NOCICEPTION; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349113184     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081300     Document Type: Letter

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