Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis
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Cihangir Aliağaoğlu 1, Mustafa Atasoy 2 * , Ali İhsan Güleç 3, Şevki Özdemir 2, Teoman Erdem 2, R. İsmail Engin 2
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1 Düzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Düzce, Turkey2 Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Erzurum, Turkey3 Osmaniye State Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Osmaniye, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis is a paucibacillary form of cutaneous tuberculosis caused by exogenous re-infection in previously sensitized individuals. The arms and feet were involved in three cases. Gluteal area was involved in one case. Ziehl-Neelsen and periodic acid-Schiff stains did not demonstrate any acid-fast bacilli. Cultures were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis except one case. Lesions of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis improved after anti-tuberculous therapy. There were no active organ and other skin tuberculosis.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 6, Issue 4, October 2009, 268-273

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82682

Publication date: 15 Oct 2009

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