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Unusual Clinical Manifestations of Cutaneous Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Sehgal Virendra N.,
Srivastava Govind,
Ahuja Poonam,
Koranne Ravindra V.,
Sharma Vinay K.
Publication year - 1988
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/j.1346-8138.1988.tb03704.x
Subject(s) - lupus vulgaris , cutis , tuberculosis , cutaneous tuberculosis , immunology , mantoux test , immunity , medicine , cell mediated immunity , dermatology , peripheral blood , cellular immunity , pathology , immune system , tuberculin
Two unusual patients with multifocal guttate tuberculosis verrucosa cutis and necklace lupus vulgaris are described. An endeavour was made to explain these manifestations through percentages of T‐lymphocytes T 4 and T 8 in the peripheral blood. Mantoux tests indicating cell‐mediated immunity were strongly positive in both cases; leucocyte migration inhibition test (LMIT) values were, however, relatively low. The latter result also indicates good cell‐mediated immunity.