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Chapter-15 Tuberculosis of the Skin

BOOK TITLE: Practical Approach to Tuberculosis Management

Author
1. Sarkar Rashmi
2. Puri Poonam
ISBN
9788180617676
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10639_15
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2006
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1. Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India, Lady Hardinge Medical, College and Hospital, New Delhi, India, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran, Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated KSCH and SSK Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maualana Azad Medical College and LN Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and LN Hospital, New Delhi, India; Pigmentary Disorders Society, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India, rashmisarkar@gmail.com, Maulana Azad Medical College an
2. VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Chapter keywords
Tuberculosis of the skin, Acute miliary tuberculosis of skin, Lichen scrofulosorum, Lupus post exanthematicus, Lupus vulgaris, Orificial tuberculosis, Papulonecrotic tuberculide, Primary inoculation tuberculosis, Scrofuloderma, Tuberculide, Tuberculosis colliquativa cutis, Tuberculosis cutis orificialis, Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis, Tuberculous chancre, Warty tuberculosis

Abstract

To learn and understand the classification, epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of tuberculosis of skin. No entirely satisfactory classification exist reflecting the difficulty in classifying a disease whose diverse manifestations are dependent on so many factors, such as immunologic state of the host and route of infection. Commonest presentation of cutaneous TB is Lupus vulgaris and Scrofuloderma, most often present atypically in immunocompromised patients. Gold standard for the diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis is a positive culture of M. tuberculosis from the sample taken from the skin lesions. Elucidated with clinical case reports.

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