A clinicoepidemiological study of 50 cases of cutaneous tuberculosis in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Pokhara, Nepal

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-237

  Dwari, Binayak ^a   Ghosh, Arnab ^a   Paudel, Raju ^a   Kishore, P ^a  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

acid fast bacilli; anti tubercular therapy; Cutaneous TB

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; NECK; NECROSIS; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROFULODERMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRUNK; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOIS VERRUCOA CUTIS; TUBERCULOSIS VERRUCOA CUTIS;

EID: 77957735267     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.70670     Document Type: Article

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