Open AccessImmune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome unmasking erythema nodosum leprosum: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Geeta Kiran Arakkal,
Sudha Vani Damarla,
Geetha Madhuri Chanda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/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)