Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with upgrading Type 1 reaction in a HIV seropositive patient, after antiretroviral therapy: An Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Leprosy Review

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Kar, Hemanta Kumar ^a   Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Bhardwaj, Meenakshi ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REVERSAL REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNITY; LEPROSY;

EID: 65949083320     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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