TY - JOUR KW - General Medicine AU - Chavan R AU - Belgaumkar V AU - Deshmukh N AU - Ponathil A AB - Various bacterial, mycobacterial and fungal opportunistic infections occur frequently in immunocompromised individuals, however, leprosy in retroviral disease is a relatively rare association. Hereby, we report a case of lepromatous leprosy that presented with clinical features mimicking other opportunistic infections and subsequently led to the diagnosis of HIV. The myriad challenges associated with the diagnosis and management of HIV–leprosy coinfection are also discussed. Thus, although uncommon, atypical cutaneous lesions in HIV-seropositive patients warrant investigation for leprosy. BT - Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS DO - 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_44_19 IS - 0 LA - eng N2 - Various bacterial, mycobacterial and fungal opportunistic infections occur frequently in immunocompromised individuals, however, leprosy in retroviral disease is a relatively rare association. Hereby, we report a case of lepromatous leprosy that presented with clinical features mimicking other opportunistic infections and subsequently led to the diagnosis of HIV. The myriad challenges associated with the diagnosis and management of HIV–leprosy coinfection are also discussed. Thus, although uncommon, atypical cutaneous lesions in HIV-seropositive patients warrant investigation for leprosy. PB - Medknow PY - 2021 EP - 0 T2 - Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS TI - Lepromatous leprosy as a presenting feature of HIV VL - 0 SN - 2589-0557 ER -