Cutaneous and Skeletal Simultaneous Locations as a Rare Clinical Presentation of Tuberculosis

نویسندگان

  • Aida Pereira
  • Ana Miranda
  • Frederico E. Santo
  • Pedro Fernandes
چکیده

Tuberculosis is a resurgent disease in most regions of the world, infecting one-third of the world's population and having a multisystemic involvement. Incidence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis has increased in the last few decades as a result of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. The authors report a clinical case of the rare concomitant cutaneous and skeletal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient transferred from endemic area.

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دوره 2015  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015