Multiple metastatic tuberculosis abscesses in a patient with Pott disease and lung tuberculosis: A case report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 629-633

  Saral, Yunus ^a   Coskun, Başak Kandi ^a   Ozturk, Perihan ^a   Bulut, Yasemin ^a   Çobanoglu, Bengu ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 26244466146     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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