Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome unmasking erythema nodosum leprosum: A rare case report | Zendy

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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome unmasking erythema nodosum leprosum: A rare case report

Author(s) -

GeetaKiran Arakkal,

SudhaVani Damarla,

GeethaMadhuri Chanda

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.147883

Subject(s) - immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome , medicine , immune system , erythema nodosum , antiretroviral therapy , dermatology , leprosy , immunology , lepromatous leprosy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , disease , viral load

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) occurs as an acute symptomatic expression of a latent infection during the recovery of immune system in response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients. IRIS triggers both opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections. We report a case of IRIS in a patient with HIV, presenting as erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), which led to unmasking of lepromatous leprosy following anti-retroviral therapy (ART)

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