TY - JOUR KW - Co-infection KW - leprosy KW - Tuberculosis AU - Singh R AB -
Leprosy and tuberculosis, both are endemic in India. There are reports of only few cases of these two diseases occurring together in the same patient. Here we report a case of TB , leprosy co- infection who presented with fever, pain abdomen and breathlessness for a month and painful evanescent skin lesions for 2 months. Patients abdominal and respiratory symptoms improved on starting ATT, skin lesions showed improvement on starting anti- lepra treatment (MDT) MB adult.
BT - Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science CY - India IS - 8 LA - eng N2 -
Leprosy and tuberculosis, both are endemic in India. There are reports of only few cases of these two diseases occurring together in the same patient. Here we report a case of TB , leprosy co- infection who presented with fever, pain abdomen and breathlessness for a month and painful evanescent skin lesions for 2 months. Patients abdominal and respiratory symptoms improved on starting ATT, skin lesions showed improvement on starting anti- lepra treatment (MDT) MB adult.
PP - India PY - 2019 SP - 535 EP - 537 T2 - Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science TI - Tuberculosis and leprosy co-infection UR - http://innovativejournal.net/index.php/ijmhs/article/view/2662/2214 VL - 9 SN - 2589-9341 ER -