Coinfection of leprosy and tuberculosis

Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection

Simultaneous occurrence of leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis is reported infrequently in the modern era. We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patient being treated with glucocorticoids for complications of leprosy (type II reaction). Physicians should recognize that the leprosy patients treated with glucocorticoid may develop tuberculosis.

Leprosy and American cutaneous leishmaniasis coinfection*

Brazil is a country with a high prevalence of infectious diseases such as leprosy and leishmaniasis. However, coinfection of these diseases is still poorly understood. We report a case of a patient who presented with lepromatous leprosy and cutaneous-mucosal leishmaniasis at the same period. After clinical, laboratory, and histopathological diagnosis, the treatment was introduced and the patien...

Leprosy and Tuberculosis

Bidirectional Effects of Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection

In 2008, 1.37 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) occurred in HIV-infected persons worldwide, with an estimated nearly half-million deaths due to TB in HIV-infected individuals (World Health Organization, 2009). Prevalence rates of TB in HIV infection are highest (≥ 50%) in areas of sub-Saharan Africa and are substantial in many other locales worldwide (Figure 1). Globally, TB is one of the ...

Leprosy and hepatitis B coinfection in southern Brazil.

To investigate the association of leprosy with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, as yet unknown for South Brazil, we assessed hepatitis B virus coinfection in 199 South Brazilian leprosy patients (119 lepromatous, 15 tuberculoid, 30 borderline, 12 undetermined and 23 unspecified) and in 681 matched blood donors by screening for the hepatitis B virus markers HBSAg and anti-HBc, using ELISA. Pos...