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Tuberculosis and leprosy co-infection
Abstract
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.
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Journal Article