Leprosy and ganglionar tuberculosis coinfection in an adult

Autor: María Elena Tablada Robinet, Haidee Marrero Rodríguez, Natacha López Pupo
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Medisan, Vol 22, Iss 7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-3019
Popis: The case report of a 34 year-old patient is described who came to the Dermatology Service due to disseminated pruritic erythematous stains. After 3 months with specific treatment he began to present evening low fevers and painful cervical adenopathies, reason why a baciloscopy was indicated in both elbows and ear pavilions, but the Mycobacterium leprae was not found; besides aspiration biopsy with fine needle of a cervical ganglion was also carried out, which result revealed a ganglionar tuberculosis. Finally a leprosy and tuberculosis ganglionar coinfection was diagnosed, two diseases emerging due to the Mycobacterium, which coexistence is strange.
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