Cutaneous tuberculosis confirmed by PCR in three patients with biopsy and culture negative for mycobacterium tuberculosis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 734-735

  Welsh, Oliverio ^a   Vera cabrera, Lucio ^a   Fernández reyes, Mercedes ^a   Gómez, Minerva ^a   Ocampo, Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 34447292319     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.02965.x     Document Type: Article

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