Tuberculous Chancre in the Partner of an Intravenous Drug Abuser
作者:
C. Garciandía,
J.S. Conejo-Mir,
M. Casals,
G. Tomas,
T. Rodriguez-Cañas,
期刊:
Dermatology
(Karger Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 188,
issue 3
页码: 236-238
ISSN:1018-8665
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1159/000247148
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Cutaneous tuberculosis;Primary tuberculous chancre;Intravenous drug abuse
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
We report a 26-year-old housemaid whose partner was an intravenous drug abuser with undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient presented with a painless chin ulcer with an elevated irregular border and a firm, nontender submandibular adenopathy. The lesion had been present for 2 months and did not respond to antibiotic therapy. The tuberculin test was positive, and a biopsy and Löwenstein culture confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous chancre. The patient was treated with rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide and, after 6 months of treatment, she developed scrofuloderma which had to be surgically removed. After 1 year of follow-up, the lesions had totally cleared
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