Espectro clínico de tuberculosis cutánea / Clinic spectrum of cutaneous tuberculosis
Rev. argent. dermatol
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89(3): 177-187, jul.-sep. 2008. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
La Tuberculosis (TBC) es producida por el Mycobacterium tuberculosis o bacilo de Koch, y se ha observado en las últimas décadas, una reemergencia de casos pulmonares y extrapulmonares. La TBC cutánea es infrecuente, y presenta un amplio espectro clínico dependiendo del interjuego existente entre el agente, el huésped y el ambiente. TBC cutánea, ilustrándola con casos clínicos de pacientes que concurrieron a nuestro servicio.
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis (TBC) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's bacillus, and there was a re-emergence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary cases in the last decades. Cutaneous TBC is uncommon, there is a broad clinical spectrum and an interrelationship between the agent, the guest and the environment. A description of each form of cutaneous TBC was made, illustrating it with clinical cases of patients who were attended in our service.
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Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. argent. dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Francisco J. Muñiz/AR
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