@article{94099, keywords = {Co-infection, IS6110, fine needle aspiration cytology, leprosy, polymerase chain reaction, tuberculosis}, author = {Zaidi A and Gupta P and Gupta P and Sharma K and Narang T and Rajwanshi A}, title = {Cytology in the diagnosis of concomitant tuberculosis and leprosy by polymerase chain reaction using cytology scrapings.}, abstract = {
A 50-year-old man presented with loss of weight, appetite and fever, weakness and malaise. The patient was a known case of lepromatous leprosy (LL) diagnosed clinically and histopathologically, a year back, completed treatment and now presenting with recurrent episodes of high-grade fever with lymphadenopathy. He was clinically diagnosed as having erythema nodosum leprosum and was started on steroids.
}, year = {2020}, journal = {Cytopathology: official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology}, month = {07/2020}, issn = {1365-2303}, doi = {10.1111/cyt.12882}, language = {eng}, }