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Clinical observations on leprosy patients with HIV1-infection in Zambia

1992; British Leprosy Relief Association; Volume: 63; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/0305-7518.19920017

2162-8807

ANNA E. M. VREEBURG,

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research

The clinical observations carried out on 10 leprosy patients with HIVI -infection, admitted between 1. 1.1986 and 1.5.1988 to the Salvation Army Hospital at Chikankata, Mazabuka, Zambia are described.A total of 8 of this group were newly-diagnosed borderline leprosy patients.Their clinical data were compared with those of 34 newly-diagnosed borderline leprosy patients, admitted in the same period-50% were men, 50% women.The clinical presentation, with respect to leprosy, on admission, did not differ very much in both groups.The incidence of neuritis in both groups was 50% (respectively 5 and 17).The outcome of specific therapy of neuritis was worse in the HIVI patients than in the other group: only partial recovery in 4 out of 5 and no response in I, compared with a complete recovery in 10 cases, and a partial recovery in 7 cases in the other group.A total of 6 patients of the HIV1 -group admitted to have had multiple heterosexual contacts, 5 had a history of sexually transmitted disease, 7 had generalized lymphadenopathy and 4 presented with another disease in addition to leprosy.While in hospital the group of I 0 HIVI-infected patients suffered 17 episodes of intercurrent disease against none in the other group; I patient (male) died with generalized dermatitis and sepsis; I woman died with fu lminant hepatitis.