TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
KW - Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
KW - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
KW - HIV Infections
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
AU - Batista MD
AU - Porro A
AU - Maeda SM
AU - Gomes E
AU - Yoshioka MC N
AU - Enokihara M
AU - Tomimori J
AB - <p>We report 2 instances in which reactional borderline leprosy manifested itself as an immune reconstitution phenomenon in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We discuss the clinical, laboratory-based, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical characteristics of both patients. Furthermore, we review similar reports from the literature.</p>
BT - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18269334?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2008 Mar 15
DO - 10.1086/528864
IS - 6
J2 - Clin. Infect. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>We report 2 instances in which reactional borderline leprosy manifested itself as an immune reconstitution phenomenon in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We discuss the clinical, laboratory-based, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical characteristics of both patients. Furthermore, we review similar reports from the literature.</p>
PY - 2008
SP - e56
EP - 60
T2 - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
TI - Leprosy reversal reaction as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in patients with AIDS.
UR - http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/6/e56.full.pdf+html?sid=64d8458a-d31d-4e85-a05a-5e5d1a69b0d4
VL - 46
SN - 1537-6591
ER -