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Mycobacterium tuberculosis found at both skin lesions and Mantoux testing site in a patient with erythema induratum of Bazin
Author(s) -
Xu Hui,
Li YuMei,
Ma Hong,
Gu WenTao,
Chen ZhiQiang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.13882
Subject(s) - mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , mantoux test , medicine , dermatology , skin test , erythema , pathology , tuberculin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very rarely found in erythema induratum of Bazin; recently, we found an unusual case with positive acid‐fast bacilli and polymerase chain reaction for detecting M. tuberculosis in both skin lesions of the extremities and the site of Mantoux test.