00858nas a2200229 4500000000100000008004100001100001500042700001200057700001700069700001100086700001600097700001100113700001200124700001300136700001700149700001200166245010100178300001000279490000700289520031800296022001400614 2016 d1 aBranagan P1 aMoran B1 aFitzgibbon M1 aReid V1 aMcMenamin M1 aKane M1 aKelly F1 aBarnes L1 aMcLaughlin A1 aKeane J00aInoculation site leprosy in a tattoo as a paradoxical reaction following tuberculosis treatment. a706-80 v203 a
We present a patient who developed inoculation site leprosy in a tattoo, which was confirmed by Mycobacterium leprae DNA sequencing of a polymerase chain reaction product from a skin biopsy. His leprosy became manifest as a paradoxical reaction only after 8 weeks of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
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