Treatment of cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Unusual Clinical Presentation of Cutaneous Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium bovis
Cutaneous tuberculosis (CT) is rare despite the frequency of tuberculosis worldwide. CT is caused by the invasion of the skin by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and less commonly Mycobacterium bovis or bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). CT manifests a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. Lupus vulgaris (LV) is the most prevalent form of CT in Tunisia and has the most widely variable presentation o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Dermatology and Allergology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0860-6218
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2012.30470