1. Chronic oozing skin lesions in children: Possible tuberculosis? Two case reports
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Wegdan Amer, Eman Sobh, Amira Bahour, and Sahar Elsayed
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cutaneous tuberculosis ,Tuberculosis ,Skin ulcers ,030106 microbiology ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Physical examination ,Skin Diseases ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Child ,Tuberculosis, Cutaneous ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Histopathological analysis ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Childhood tuberculosis ,Positive culture ,Female ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Skin lesion - Abstract
Cutaneous tuberculosis is frequently misleading and challenging, as it mimics a wide differential diagnosis. Here, we present two pediatric cases with chronic multiple ulcerating nodules. Proper history, physical examination, and histopathological analysis are included in the workup of suspected skin tuberculosis. Diagnosis was confirmed by positive culture for mycobacteria.
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- 2016
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