Erythema induratum of bazin in a child: Evidence for a cell-mediated hyper-response to mycobacterium tuberculosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-328

  Lighter, Jennifer ^a   Tse, Doris B ^a   Li, Yonghua ^a   Borkowsky, William ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythema induratum of Bazin; Tuberculid; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TUBERCULID; TUBERCULIN TEST; BIOPSY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEG; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; ERYTHEMA INDURATUM; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 65649106520     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818e2ac0     Document Type: Article

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