Here we report a unique case of tuberculoid leprosy and cytomegalovirus retinitis in a 27-year-old female patient with AIDS, suggestive of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-induced immune restoration disease. After initiation of HAART, the patient presented with decreased visual acuity, hypoesthetic patch with local nerve thickening, and an increase in her CD4+ T cell count. On further investigations cytomegalovirus retinitis and tuberculoid leprosy were confirmed. To our knowledge no case with such a co-existence has previously been reported.
BT - International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22169463?dopt=Abstract C2 - Canada CY - Hamilton DA - 2012 Feb DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.10.006 IS - 2 J2 - Int. J. Infect. Dis. LA - eng N2 -Here we report a unique case of tuberculoid leprosy and cytomegalovirus retinitis in a 27-year-old female patient with AIDS, suggestive of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-induced immune restoration disease. After initiation of HAART, the patient presented with decreased visual acuity, hypoesthetic patch with local nerve thickening, and an increase in her CD4+ T cell count. On further investigations cytomegalovirus retinitis and tuberculoid leprosy were confirmed. To our knowledge no case with such a co-existence has previously been reported.
PB - Elsevier Ltd. PP - Hamilton PY - 2012 SP - e146 EP - 8 T2 - International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases TI - Tuberculoid leprosy and cytomegalovirus retinitis as immune restoration disease in a patient with AIDS. VL - 16 SN - 1878-3511 ER -