Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with upgrading Type 1 reaction in a HIV seropositive patient, after antiretroviral therapy: an Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome | Zendy

H K Kar | Zendy; Pankaj Sharma | Zendy; Meenakshi Bhardwaj | Zendy

Open Access

Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with upgrading Type 1 reaction in a HIV seropositive patient, after antiretroviral therapy: an Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Author(s) -

H K Kar,

Pankaj Sharma,

Meenakshi Bhardwaj

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

leprosy review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 2162-8807

pISSN - 0305-7518

DOI - 10.47276/lr.80.1.85

Subject(s) - medicine , immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome , leprosy , tuberculoid leprosy , antiretroviral therapy , immunology , immune system , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunopathology , dermatology , gastroenterology , viral load , lepromatous leprosy

A case of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy with upgrading Type 1 reaction, in a HIV seropositive patient, 7 weeks after starting highly active antiretroviral therapy, as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), is reported.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research