TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
KW - Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
KW - Brazil
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Viral Load
AU - Bianconcini Trindade MA
AU - Manini MIP
AU - Masetti JH
AU - Leite MA
AU - Takahashi MDF
AU - Naafs B
AB - <p>In a retrospective study, five patients are reported who suffered from a Mycobacterium leprae/HIV co-infection and were treated for their HIV infection with HAART. In four patients, this revealed their leprosy and induced a type I leprosy reaction. Two patients who were lepromin negative at diagnosis were retested after about 1 year of anti-retroviral treatment, and found to be positive.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16038250?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 2005 Jun
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>In a retrospective study, five patients are reported who suffered from a Mycobacterium leprae/HIV co-infection and were treated for their HIV infection with HAART. In four patients, this revealed their leprosy and induced a type I leprosy reaction. Two patients who were lepromin negative at diagnosis were retested after about 1 year of anti-retroviral treatment, and found to be positive.</p>
PY - 2005
SP - 162
EP - 6
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Leprosy and HIV co-infection in five patients.
UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/76/2/16-2166
VL - 76
SN - 0305-7518
ER -