Lepromatous leprosy cases may be immunocompromised due to the extensive disease and also because of steroid therapy for repeated reactions. Such patients are likely to be at higher risk for getting opportunistic infection due to various environmental microbes. This paper reports a case of lepromatous leprosy with repeated lepra reaction who was found to have chest infection due to M. fortuitum. It is suggested that mycobacterial culture and sensitivity should be recommended in cases who are immunocompromised and whose pathological specimens contain acid fast bacilli. Species identification and sensitivity can be very helpful in proper management of such cases who will otherwise pass off as tuberculosis.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4078368?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1985 Apr-Jun IS - 2 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Lepromatous leprosy cases may be immunocompromised due to the extensive disease and also because of steroid therapy for repeated reactions. Such patients are likely to be at higher risk for getting opportunistic infection due to various environmental microbes. This paper reports a case of lepromatous leprosy with repeated lepra reaction who was found to have chest infection due to M. fortuitum. It is suggested that mycobacterial culture and sensitivity should be recommended in cases who are immunocompromised and whose pathological specimens contain acid fast bacilli. Species identification and sensitivity can be very helpful in proper management of such cases who will otherwise pass off as tuberculosis.
PY - 1985 SP - 399 EP - 403 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Chest infection due to M. fortuitum in a case of lepromatous leprosy--a case report. VL - 57 SN - 0254-9395 ER -