TY - JOUR
KW - Co-infection
KW - leprosy
KW - Tuberculosis
AU - Singh R
AB -
Leprosy and tuberculosis, both are endemic in India. There are reports of only few cases of these two diseases occurring together in the same patient. Here we report a case of TB , leprosy co- infection who presented with fever, pain abdomen and breathlessness for a month and painful evanescent skin lesions for 2 months. Patients abdominal and respiratory symptoms improved on starting ATT, skin lesions showed improvement on starting anti- lepra treatment (MDT) MB adult.
BT - Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science
CY - India
IS - 8
LA - eng
N2 - Leprosy and tuberculosis, both are endemic in India. There are reports of only few cases of these two diseases occurring together in the same patient. Here we report a case of TB , leprosy co- infection who presented with fever, pain abdomen and breathlessness for a month and painful evanescent skin lesions for 2 months. Patients abdominal and respiratory symptoms improved on starting ATT, skin lesions showed improvement on starting anti- lepra treatment (MDT) MB adult.
PP - India
PY - 2019
SP - 535
EP - 537
T2 - Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science
TI - Tuberculosis and leprosy co-infection
UR - http://innovativejournal.net/index.php/ijmhs/article/view/2662/2214
VL - 9
SN - 2589-9341
ER -