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Review
. 2014 Mar-Apr;89(2):219-28.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142334.

Cutaneous tuberculosis: epidemiologic, etiopathogenic and clinical aspects - part I

Josemir Belo Dos Santos  1 , Ana Roberta Figueiredo  1 , Cláudia Elise Ferraz  1 , Márcia Helena de Oliveira  1 , Perla Gomes da Silva  1 , Vanessa Lucília Silveira de Medeiros  1
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Cutaneous tuberculosis: epidemiologic, etiopathogenic and clinical aspects - part I

Josemir Belo Dos Santos et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is the result of a chronic infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. ovis and occasionally by the Calmette-Guerin bacillus. The clinical manifestations are variable and depend on the interaction of several factors including the site of infection and the host's immunity. This article revises the current knowledge about this disease's physiopathology and immunology as well as detailing the possible clinical presentations.

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Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
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Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
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Scrofuloderma
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Scrofuloderma
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Papulonecrotic tuberculid
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