Case Report
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lepromatous Leprosy Coinfection
Table 1
Comparative analysis of some cases of leprosy-tuberculosis coinfection reported by various authors for last ten years.
| | Sreeramareddy et al. [8] | Prasad et al. [5] | Trindade et al. [9] | Present author |
| Number of cases | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Case I | Case II | | Case I | Case II | | Age | 65 | 50 | 34 | 31 | 46 | 49 | Gap duration between leprosy and tuberculosis | 3 M | 2 Y | 11 M | 6 M | 1 M | 17 M | Types of leprosy | BL | LL | BL | BB-BT | BT-BB | LL | First infection | Leprosy | Leprosy | Leprosy | Tuberculosis | Leprosy | Leprosy | Past history of tuberculosis | No | NA | NA | NA | NA | No | Risk factors | Corticosteroids | Corticosteroids | Corticosteroids | NA | Corticosteroids | Corticosteroids | Types of tuberculosis | Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Pleural TB | Pulmonary | Pulmonary |
Chest radiographs // chest tomography | Pleural effusion + bilateral infiltrates | Cavitary lesion + bilateral infiltrates | Cavitation + fibroconsolidation | Pleural effusion | Parenchymal opacification | Alveolar-interstitial syndrome | Sputum | Positive | Positive | Positive | NA | Positive | Positive | Diagnosis of leprosy | NA | NA | Slit skin smear | Histopathology + Fite-Faraco | Histopathology | Histopathology | Lepra reaction | No | Type II | Type II | Type I | Type I | Type II |
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M: month; Y: year; NA: data not available; lepra reaction type I (reversal); lepra reaction type II (ENL).
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