01978nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003900055653001000094653001100104653001000115653001100125653002400136653000900160100001700169245007700186856005900263300001100322490000700333050003200340520135000372022001401722       1992                            d  c1992 Jun10aAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome10aAdult10aFemale10aHIV-110aHumans10aLeprosy, Borderline10aMale1 aVreeburg A E00aClinical observations on leprosy patients with HIV1-infection in Zambia.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1992/v63n2/pdf/v63n2a06.pdf  a134-400 v63  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The clinical observations carried out on 10 leprosy patients with HIV1-infection, admitted between 1.1.1986 and 1.5.1988 to the Salvation Army Hospital at Chikankata, Mazabuka, Zambia are described. A total of 8 of this group were newly-diagnosed borderline leprosy patients. Their clinical data were compared with those of 34 newly-diagnosed borderline leprosy patients, admitted in the same period--50% were men, 50% women. The clinical presentation, with respect to leprosy, on admission, did not differ very much in both groups. The incidence of neuritis in both groups was 50% (respectively 5 and 17). The outcome of specific therapy of neuritis was worse in the HIV1 patients than in the other group: only partial recovery in 4 out of 5 and no response in 1, compared with a complete recovery in 10 cases, and a partial recovery in 7 cases in the other group. A total of 6 patients of the HIV1-group admitted to have had multiple heterosexual contacts, 5 had a history of sexually transmitted disease, 7 had generalized lymphadenopathy and 4 presented with another disease in addition to leprosy. While in hospital the group of 10 HIV1-infected patients suffered 17 episodes of intercurrent disease against none in the other group; 1 patient (male) died with generalized dermatitis and sepsis; 1 woman died with fulminant hepatitis.</p>  a0305-7518