Tuberculid

Bacille de Calmette et Guerin (BCG) is the only licensed tuberculosis vaccine to prevent severe tuberculosis. The adverse events… (More)

BACKGROUND In the past years the incidence of tuberculosis has dropped significantly in most parts of Europe and the presentation… (More)

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis constitutes about 10% of all cases of tuberculosis, and cutaneous tuberculosis makes up only a small… (More)

Tuberculids are chronic nodular skin eruptions believed to be a systemic reaction to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report on a 6… (More)

Lichen scrofulosorum is a tuberculid that is usually seen in children or young adults. Although a rare occurrence, this… (More)

BACKGROUND Tuberculids are rarely associated with male genital tract tuberculosis (TB). Tuberculous epididymo-orchitis (TBEO) has… (More)

Tuberculids (papulonecrotic tuberculid, erythema induratum, and lichen scrofulosorum) are cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions to… (More)

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis continues to be a health problem in some countries. The development of resistance to antituberculitic… (More)

Tuberculids are a heterogeneous group of cutaneous lesions. Recent discoveries of M. Tuberculosis DNA in these lesions by PCR… (More)

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to explore the role of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fo the detection of… (More)