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Leprosy and tuberculosis, both are endemic in India. There are reports of only few
cases of these two diseases occurring together in the same patient. Here we report
a case of TB , leprosy co- infection who presented with fever, pain abdomen and
breathlessness for a month and painful evanescent skin lesions for 2 months. Patients
abdominal and respiratory symptoms improved on starting ATT, skin lesions showed
improvement on starting anti- lepra treatment (MDT) MB adult.
Key words: leprosy–respiratory symptoms–skin lesions–tuberculosis–
immunodeficiency