@article{19908, keywords = {Foot, HIV, Infection, leprosy, Literature, Patients, Syndrome, Therapy, Tuberculosis}, author = {Mukhopadhyay P and Pal S and Mallik S and Biswas S and Saha B}, title = {Borderline tuberculoid leprosy: A manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a human immunodeficiency virus infected person}, abstract = {Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome describes a collection of inflammatory disorders associated with paradoxical deterioration of various pre-existing processes following start of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Leprosy as an opportunistic infection in immune reconstitution syndrome has been rarely reported in literature. A case of a 30-year-old HIV positive man with extrapulmonary tuberculosis of left foot on HAART having developed borderline tuberculoid leprosy as opportunistic infection in immune reconstitution syndrome has been reported}, year = {2006}, journal = {Indian Journal of Dermatology}, volume = {51}, pages = {278 - 280}, month = {2006///}, url = {http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2006;volume=51;issue=4;spage=278;epage=280;aulast=Mukhopadhyay}, language = {eng}, }