       Document 0349
 DOCN  M9640349
 TI    Leprosy in five human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
 DT    9604
 AU    Moran CA; Nelson AM; Tuur SM; Luengu M; Fonseca L; Meyers WM; Department
       of Infectious and Parasitic Disease Pathology, Armed; Forces Institute
       of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.
 SO    Mod Pathol. 1995 Aug;8(6):662-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96020620
 AB    We present five cases of leprosy in five human immunodeficiency
       virus-positive individuals. The patients were five men between the ages
       of 18 and 45 years. The five patients presented with skin lesions; three
       patients with hypopigmented skin lesions, one with skin macules and a
       history of leprosy, and one with papular lesions. In one patient, there
       was bilateral claw hands. Histologically, two cases were categorized as
       lepromatous leprosy, two as borderline tuberculoid, and one as
       borderline lepromatous. Follow-up information obtained in the five
       patients showed one patient had died, and the remaining four patients
       were alive and receiving antileprosy treatment.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adolescence  Adult
       Biopsy  Case Report  Histiocytes/PATHOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS  Leprosy,
       Borderline/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Leprosy,
       Lepromatous/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Leprosy,
       Tuberculoid/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Male  Middle Age
       Mycobacterium leprae/ISOLATION & PURIF  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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