Tuberculous skin ulcer following needle-prick injury in a health care professional.

Autor: Chandramukhi A; Department of Neuromicrobiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore., Manjunath MV, Veenakumari HB, Mahadevan A, Shivaraja G, Buggi S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India [J Assoc Physicians India] 2005 Sep; Vol. 53, pp. 825-6.
Abstrakt: A case of cutaneous inoculation tuberculosis in a 25-year old health care professional is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by BACTEC 460TB radiometric method. Rapid healing of the ulcer was noted in response to surgical debridement and specific anti-tuberculous therapy.
Databáze: MEDLINE