@article{33341,
  author = {Camaclang MLA and Cubillan ELA},
  title = {Lepromatous leprosy and human immunodeficiency virus: A rare co-infection},
  abstract = {<div>We report a 23-year-old male with lepromatous leprosy atypically presenting with 5-year history of&nbsp;asymptomatic, verrucous papules, and nodules. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing was positive</div>

<div>with depressed CD4 count. In HIV/leprosy co-infection, most of the documented patients were diagnosed with&nbsp;paucibacillary leprosy as immune reconstitution disease (IRD) from treatment-induced immunological recovery.&nbsp;Rarely, multibacillary lepromatous leprosy is encountered in the setting of untreated, severe immunodeficiency.&nbsp;Atypical clinical presentation warrants investigation for concurrent HIV infection.</div>
},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Acta medica Philippina},
  url = {https://www.actamedicaphilippina.org/article/8247},
  language = {eng},
}