Concomittant Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Borderline Leprosy with Type-II Lepra Reaction in Single Patient

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Journal Lung India

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2010 Jun 12

PMID 20539766

Citations 12

Authors

Rajendra Prasad

Sanjay Kumar Verma

Rajni Singh

Giridhar Hosmane

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Abstract

The concommitant occurrence of both tuberculosis and leprosy in a single individual are not an uncommon clinical condition but is being reported infrequently in literature. We report a case of leprosy, diagnosed previously and also diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis.

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