GENERAL MEDICINE: Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Can Trigger Leprosy

Audio Journal of Medicine, September 18th, 2007 Reporting from: 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Can Trigger Leprosy DIANA LOCKWOOD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine REFERENCE: Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 17 – 20 September 2007, Chicago ICAAC delegates heard that ‘hidden’ leprosy can be triggered in some patients who are receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy. So what might this mean for the countries that are rolling out this therapy to large numbers of people? Derek Thorne discussed the issue with Diana Lockwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.