Cutaneous tuberculosis: An infrequent manifestation of a common pathogen in South Africa

Cutaneous tuberculosis is an infrequent form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, even in high-prevalence settings. We present the case of a patient living with advanced HIV who developed extensive cutaneous tuberculosis. The polymorphic skin lesions were the most striking clinical manifestation of unde...

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Autores principales: van Heerden, Jennifer K., Broadhurst, Alistair G.B., de Jager, Ruan S., du Plessis, Wesley, Ebrahim, Nabilah, Mnguni, Ayanda T., Schietekat, Denzil, Meintjes, Graeme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10331026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37435117
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v38i1.526
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author van Heerden, Jennifer K.
Broadhurst, Alistair G.B.
de Jager, Ruan S.
du Plessis, Wesley
Ebrahim, Nabilah
Mnguni, Ayanda T.
Schietekat, Denzil
Meintjes, Graeme
author_facet van Heerden, Jennifer K.
Broadhurst, Alistair G.B.
de Jager, Ruan S.
du Plessis, Wesley
Ebrahim, Nabilah
Mnguni, Ayanda T.
Schietekat, Denzil
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description Cutaneous tuberculosis is an infrequent form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, even in high-prevalence settings. We present the case of a patient living with advanced HIV who developed extensive cutaneous tuberculosis. The polymorphic skin lesions were the most striking clinical manifestation of underlying disseminated tuberculosis. CONTRIBUTION: This case report highlights an unusual presentation of tuberculosis. Cutaneous tuberculosis has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and may be under-recognised by clinicians. We recommend early biopsy for microbiological diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-103310262023-07-11 Cutaneous tuberculosis: An infrequent manifestation of a common pathogen in South Africa van Heerden, Jennifer K. Broadhurst, Alistair G.B. de Jager, Ruan S. du Plessis, Wesley Ebrahim, Nabilah Mnguni, Ayanda T. Schietekat, Denzil Meintjes, Graeme S Afr J Infect Dis Case Report Cutaneous tuberculosis is an infrequent form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, even in high-prevalence settings. We present the case of a patient living with advanced HIV who developed extensive cutaneous tuberculosis. The polymorphic skin lesions were the most striking clinical manifestation of underlying disseminated tuberculosis. CONTRIBUTION: This case report highlights an unusual presentation of tuberculosis. Cutaneous tuberculosis has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and may be under-recognised by clinicians. We recommend early biopsy for microbiological diagnosis. AOSIS 2023-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10331026/ /pubmed/37435117 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v38i1.526 Text en © 2023. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Broadhurst, Alistair G.B.
de Jager, Ruan S.
du Plessis, Wesley
Ebrahim, Nabilah
Mnguni, Ayanda T.
Schietekat, Denzil
Meintjes, Graeme
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title_full Cutaneous tuberculosis: An infrequent manifestation of a common pathogen in South Africa
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