A clinico-epidemiological study of cutaneous tuberculosis at tertiary care centre of western India
| Autor: | Suresh Kumar Jain, Vinod Kumar Jangid, Ramesh Kumar Kushwah, Prafful Mehta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. 5:8-12 |
| ISSN: | 2581-4222 2581-4214 |
| DOI: | 10.18231/j.ijirm.2020.003 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Cutaneous tuberculosis is not a uncommon type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in India. Our aim was to study the various clinico morphological pattern and epidemiology of cutaneous tuberculosis, and to correlate them with mantoux reactivity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status. Materials and Methods: During the one year newly diagnosed patients of cutaneous tuberculosis were included in this study, attending at Dermatology Outpatient Department. The demographic details, clinical and vaccination history, family history and clinical features were recorded. Monteux test, HIV (ELISA) test and other relevant test done in all cases. Diagnosis was confirmed by clinical, histopathological and microbiological evidences. Results: In our study out of total 34 cases most common morphological variant of cutaneous tuberculosis was lupus vulgaris (LV) (38.23%) followed by Scrofuloderma (SFD) (29.41%) and tuberculois verrucoa cutis (20.59%). In morphologic pattern, plaques were most common lesions in both tuberculois verrucoa cutis and lupus vulgaris while ulcerative lesions were in scrofuloderma. Conclusions: Skin tuberculosis as well as other extra-pulmonary TB is an important issue in the era of HIV-AIDS. As current and newer diagnostic tools are not enough sensitive, specific or cost effective in its diagnosis, knowing its clinical pattern and presentation is important. Keywords: Acid fast bacilli, Cutaneous tuberculosis, HIV, Lupus vulgaris. |
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