Comprehensive findings on clinical, bacteriological, histopathological and therapeutic aspects of cutaneous tuberculosis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1521-1528

  Umapathy, K C ^a   Begum, R ^b   Ravichandran, G ^c   Rahman, F ^a   Paramasivan, C N ^a   Ramanathan, V D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriological histological diagnosis; Clinical diagnosis; Cutaneous tuberculosis; India; Isoniazid; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMOTHERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LUPUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIFAMPIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

VERRUCOSA;

EID: 33748987892     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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