title: Leprosy in HIV-positive and syphilitic young Paraguayan man.
abstract: In a borderline lepromatous patient a positive serology for syphilis and HIV 1 has been detected. The patient also had an urinary tract infection with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. In Paraguay up till now no leprosy cases infected with HIV have been reported.
authors.affiliation: Leprosy Laboratory, German Leprosy Relief Association, Asunción, Paraguay.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Graf von Ballestrem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alvarenga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namiki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010239:Paraguay; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine