Tuberculosis (TB) is an important clinical and public health problem caused by a bacterial infection. Tuberculides are skin lesions caused by hypersensitivity towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. Cutaneous lesions are associated with a negative conventional microbiology (i.e., smear and culture), however, some authors described positive nucleic acid amplifi- cation techniques. Tuberculides can be lichen scrofulosorum (LS), papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT), and erythema induratum of Bazin (EIB).
Tuberculides and extrapulmonary TB: an atypical manifestation / Biondi, Gabriele; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Molicotti, Paola; Montesu, Maria A; Puggioni, Giovanni M; Satta, Rosanna. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0011-9059. - 58:5(2019), pp. 102-103. [10.1111/ijd.14326]
Tuberculides and extrapulmonary TB: an atypical manifestation
Sotgiu, Giovanni;Molicotti, Paola;Montesu, Maria A;Puggioni, Giovanni M;Satta, Rosanna
2019-01-01
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is an important clinical and public health problem caused by a bacterial infection. Tuberculides are skin lesions caused by hypersensitivity towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. Cutaneous lesions are associated with a negative conventional microbiology (i.e., smear and culture), however, some authors described positive nucleic acid amplifi- cation techniques. Tuberculides can be lichen scrofulosorum (LS), papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT), and erythema induratum of Bazin (EIB).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
