Polymerase chain reaction compared to other laboratory findings and to clinical evaluation in the diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis and atypical mycobacteria skin infection

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Abdalla, Cristina Martinez Zugaib ^a,b,c   De Oliveira, Zilda Najjar Prado ^a,b   Sotto, Mirian N ^a,b   Leite, Kátia Ramos Moreira ^a,b   Canavez, Flávio Canellas ^a,b   De Carvalho, Cláudia Muraro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; PARAFFIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149313873     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03807.x     Document Type: Article

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