title: Concomitant age old infections of mankind - tuberculosis and leprosy: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Concomitant leprosy and tuberculosis is reported infrequently. Literature suggests that the infrequent occurrence of both leprosy and tuberculosis is based on the transmission dynamics of both the infections.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in patients being treated with glucocorticoids for complications of leprosy are reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians should recognize corticosteroid treated leprosy patients as a population likely to develop concomitant tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. chandrashekharats@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Chandrashekhar T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Sreeramareddy
authors.forename: Ritesh G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Pv
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kishore