Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis

Mammary tuberculosis is exceptional in developed countries. It can mimic an abscess or a granulomatous mastitis. In subjects coming from endemic areas, it is necessary to suspect a tuberculosis infection in case of recurrent mastitis refractory to antibiotics. Positivity of Quantiferon‐TB Gold assay...

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Autores principales: Tazzioli, Giovanni, Macolino, Antonella, Combi, Francesca, Palma, Enza, Papi, Simona, Codeluppi, Mauro, Mussini, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31893055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2486
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author Tazzioli, Giovanni
Macolino, Antonella
Combi, Francesca
Palma, Enza
Papi, Simona
Codeluppi, Mauro
Mussini, Cristina
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description Mammary tuberculosis is exceptional in developed countries. It can mimic an abscess or a granulomatous mastitis. In subjects coming from endemic areas, it is necessary to suspect a tuberculosis infection in case of recurrent mastitis refractory to antibiotics. Positivity of Quantiferon‐TB Gold assay can help to confirm the clinical suspicion.
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spelling pubmed-69356742019-12-31 Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis Tazzioli, Giovanni Macolino, Antonella Combi, Francesca Palma, Enza Papi, Simona Codeluppi, Mauro Mussini, Cristina Clin Case Rep Case Reports Mammary tuberculosis is exceptional in developed countries. It can mimic an abscess or a granulomatous mastitis. In subjects coming from endemic areas, it is necessary to suspect a tuberculosis infection in case of recurrent mastitis refractory to antibiotics. Positivity of Quantiferon‐TB Gold assay can help to confirm the clinical suspicion. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6935674/ /pubmed/31893055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2486 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tazzioli, Giovanni
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Palma, Enza
Papi, Simona
Codeluppi, Mauro
Mussini, Cristina
Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
title Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
title_full Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
title_fullStr Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
title_short Breast tuberculosis: A case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
title_sort breast tuberculosis: a case report of primary type mammary tuberculosis
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31893055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2486
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