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Clinically atypical cutaneous mycobacteriosis: A therapeutic challenge
- Source :
- Dermatologic Therapy. 33
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Mycobacterium caprae, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, causes tuberculosis in humans and animals, but the incidence in humans is very low worldwide. Direct contact with animals and with unpasteurized dairy products is the most frequent source of contagion. Cutaneous tuberculosis supposes a diagnostic challenge due to its variety of clinical manifestations and the difficulty in demonstrating resistant acid-alcohol bacilli in histological samples. In cases of high suspicion, the initiation of antituberculosis treatment should be considered empirically. Combined therapeutic regimens are necessary to prevent long-term resistance and complications, although the duration of treatment has not been fully established.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cutaneous tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
biology
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Antitubercular Agents
Skin Diseases, Bacterial
Dermatology
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Mycobacterium caprae
biology.organism_classification
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Animals
Humans
Medicine
Therapy systemic
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15298019 and 13960296
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dermatologic Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e34b799ce99b1ac6639b524201049e5f