TY - JOUR AU - Branagan P AU - Moran B AU - Fitzgibbon M AU - Reid V AU - McMenamin M AU - Kane M AU - Kelly F AU - Barnes L AU - McLaughlin A AU - Keane J AB -

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.

BT - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27084829?dopt=Abstract

DO - 10.5588/ijtld.15.0236 IS - 5 J2 - Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 2016 SP - 706 EP - 8 T2 - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease TI - Inoculation site leprosy in a tattoo as a paradoxical reaction following tuberculosis treatment. VL - 20 SN - 1815-7920 ER -