Cutaneous tuberculosis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Bravo, Francisco G ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GUMMA; HUMAN; LICHEN SCROFULOSORUM; LUPUS VULGARIS; MASTITIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROFULODERMA; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULID; TUBERCULOSIS PERIORIFICIALIS; TUBERCULOUS CHANCRE;

HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 33847650907     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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