Orificial tuberculosis: Presenting as a refractory perianal ulcer [13]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-332

  Ichihashi, Kaori ^a   Katoh, Norito ^a   Takenaka, Hideya ^a   Kishimoto, Saburo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANUS DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULCER;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ANUS DISEASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 3242719642     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410029972     Document Type: Letter

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