Inoculation site leprosy in a tattoo as a paradoxical reaction following tuberculosis treatment.

Abstract

We present a patient who developed inoculation site leprosy in a tattoo, which was confirmed by Mycobacterium leprae DNA sequencing of a polymerase chain reaction product from a skin biopsy. His leprosy became manifest as a paradoxical reaction only after 8 weeks of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

• Authors: P Branagan, B Moran, M Fitzgibbon, V Reid, M McMenamin, M Kane, F Kelly, L Barnes, A McLaughlin, J Keane
• Journal: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (Int J Tuberc Lung Dis) Vol. 20 Issue 5 Pg. 706-8 (May 2016) ISSN: 1815-7920 [Electronic] France
• PMID: 27084829 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antitubercular Agents
• DNA, Bacterial

Topics

• Adolescent
• Antitubercular Agents (therapeutic use)
• Biopsy
• DNA, Bacterial (genetics, isolation & purification)
• Humans
• Leprosy, Lepromatous (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology, transmission)
• Male
• Mycobacterium leprae (genetics, isolation & purification)
• Tattooing (adverse effects)
• Time Factors
• Tuberculosis, Pulmonary (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)