"Cutaneous Tuberculosis in Pediatric Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency Report of 3 Cases"
Maria Fernanda Ortiz Jaramillo
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research · 2023-04
Abstract
Cutaneous tuberculosis (cTB) represents 1-2% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis [1] and is caused by the <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> complex (<i>M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, M. microti, M. canetti, M. caprae, and M. pinnipedii</i>).
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Primary tuberculosis
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
- Dermatology
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Cutaneous tuberculosis
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
- Virology