title: Multiple cold abscesses in a borderline lepromatous patient on multidrug therapy.
abstract: A 25-year-old male patient was diagnosed as a case of borderline lepromatous (BL) type of leprosy in erythema nodosum leprosum type reaction. He was put on multidrug treatment. He took regular treatment. Approximately a year after the beginning of the treatment he developed multiple cold abscesses and later tuberculosis of the left hip joint. He was given antitubercular treatment with 4 drugs and the abscesses were treated surgically. He showed good response. This unusual case and the role of intermittent rifampicin is discussed.
authors.affiliation: B.J. Medical College, Pune.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gharpuray
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004977:Ethambutol; D003622:Dapsone; D002991:Clofazimine; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin