Open AccessMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis and leprosy: An unsolved mystery
Author(s) -
Robin Gupta,
Kranti Garg,
Mala Bhalla,
Ashok Kumar Janmeja
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_451_15
Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , tuberculosis , multiple drug resistance , immunology , drug resistance , virology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy are two age-old infections, which we are facing even today. With drug-resistant TB on the rise, we report a case of multidrug-resistant TB with leprosy, which has never been reported previously. The peculiar course of this case forces us to rethink about the upcoming challenges due to their cooccurrence.