Primary cutaneous tuberculosis in a 27-year-old medical intern from needle-stick injury: a case report.
| Autor: | Karoney MJ; Moi University Clinical Research Center AMPATH Nandi Road, PO Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya., Kaumbuki EK; Ministry of Medical Services Afya House, Cathedral Road, PO Box 30016-00100, Nairobi, Kenya., Koech MK; Division of Medicine, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Nandi Road, PO Box 3-30100, Eldoret, Kenya., Lelei LK; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Moi University School of Medicine Nandi Road, PO Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical case reports [Clin Case Rep] 2015 Jan; Vol. 3 (1), pp. 39-42. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 06. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ccr3.143 |
| Abstrakt: | The authors report a case of cutaneous tuberculosis in a 27-year-old African male medical intern who contracted primary cutaneous from a needle-stick injury. Cultures of pus aspirated from the finger initially grew Staphylococcus aureus that led to a delay in the diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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