Lupus vulgaris developing at the site of misdiagnosed scrofuloderma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-315

  Motta, A ^a   Feliciani, C ^a   De Benedetto, A ^a   Morelli, F ^a   Tulli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis; Lupus vulgaris; Scrofuloderma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SCAR; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 0038363548     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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