@article{24672,
  keywords = {leprosy, Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, HIV, Erythema Nodosum},
  author = {Arakkal G and Damarla SV and Chanda GM},
  title = {Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome unmasking erythema nodosum leprosum: a rare case report.},
  abstract = {<p>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).</p>
},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Indian journal of dermatology},
  volume = {60},
  pages = {106},
  issn = {1998-3611},
  url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318046/},
  doi = {10.4103/0019-5154.147883},
  language = {eng},
}