Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients

Although tuberculosis is a common disease in patients infected with HIV, cutaneous presentation is not commonly found. The authors report three HIV-infected patients with cutaneous tuberculosis and lung involvement. Patient 1 presented with a nodular skin lesion on the right forearm and the diagnosi...

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Main Authors: Chiewchanvit S., Mahanupab P., Walker PF.
Format: Case Reports
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3284
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-32842014-08-30T02:25:58Z Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients Chiewchanvit S. Mahanupab P. Walker PF. Although tuberculosis is a common disease in patients infected with HIV, cutaneous presentation is not commonly found. The authors report three HIV-infected patients with cutaneous tuberculosis and lung involvement. Patient 1 presented with a nodular skin lesion on the right forearm and the diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and PCR study. Patients 2 and 3 presented with generalized erythematous papules and vesicopustules on the trunk and extremities. Culture grew M. tuberculosis in patient 2 and M. tuberculosis DNA was detected in the skin lesion of patient 3 by the PCR method. 2014-08-30T02:25:58Z 2014-08-30T02:25:58Z 2000 Case Reports 0125-2208 11253899 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3284 eng
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description Although tuberculosis is a common disease in patients infected with HIV, cutaneous presentation is not commonly found. The authors report three HIV-infected patients with cutaneous tuberculosis and lung involvement. Patient 1 presented with a nodular skin lesion on the right forearm and the diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and PCR study. Patients 2 and 3 presented with generalized erythematous papules and vesicopustules on the trunk and extremities. Culture grew M. tuberculosis in patient 2 and M. tuberculosis DNA was detected in the skin lesion of patient 3 by the PCR method.
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author Chiewchanvit S.
Mahanupab P.
Walker PF.
spellingShingle Chiewchanvit S.
Mahanupab P.
Walker PF.
Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients
author_facet Chiewchanvit S.
Mahanupab P.
Walker PF.
author_sort Chiewchanvit S.
title Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients
title_short Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients
title_full Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients
title_fullStr Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients
title_sort cutaneous tuberculosis in three hiv-infected patients
publishDate 2014
url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3284
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