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Inoculation cutaneous tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Jain Sanjiv,
Sehgal Virendra N
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01279.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , cutaneous tuberculosis , inoculation , chemotherapy , dermatology , surgery , pathology
SUMMARY Two cases of inoculation cutaneous tuberculosis are presented. As commonly occurs, the diagnosis could not be confirmed bacteriologically due in the small numbers of organisms present However, both patients responded to antituberculosis chemotherapy.