Leprosy and AIDS: two cases of increasing inflammatory reactions at the start of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
; 23(5): 408-11, 2004 May.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15112073
ABSTRACT
Reported here are the cases of two HIV-positive patients with skin lesions suggestive of leprosy, based on clinical and pathological analysis, which worsened during the few weeks following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. The lesions improved after a few weeks of multidrug therapy for leprosy. Mycobacterium leprae was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of blood in case 1 and of a biopsy sample in case 2. Neither Mycobacterium avium complex nucleic acid, which is usually associated with immune restoration syndrome, nor mycobacterial cutaneous manifestations were detected in either case.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade
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Inflamação
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Hanseníase
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil