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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
ISSN: 0255-0857 EISSN: 0255-0857
Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012, pp. 98-100
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Bioline Code: mb12020
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
Document available free of charge
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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012, pp. 98-100
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Primary inoculation tuberculosis following a vehicular accident
Zadbuke, S; Khan, N; Set, R & Shastri, J
Abstract
Tuberculosis is considered as a ′re emerging disease′, because of its resurgence and increased incidence in the 21 st century particularly in immuno-compromised patients. About one fifth of diagnosed new cases of tuberculosis have an extrapulmonary lesion, of which about one-tenth involve the musculoskeletal system. Tuberculosis involving the soft tissue from adjacent bone or joint is well recognized but cutaneous tuberculous infection is rare, accounting for 0.1% of all cases seen in a dermatology service. We report a case of primary cutaneous tuberculosis of forearm following a vehicular accident in a young immunocompetent female.
Keywords
Cutaneous tuberculosis, forearm, immunocompetent
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