TB Research

Non-healing cutaneous ulcers: A manifestation of miliary tuberculosis.

Elisha Shrestha, Sanjan K. Sah, Binay Yadav, Namrata Pradhan, Aditi Mishra, D Karn

Abstract

Tuberculosis is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries and is one of the major health burdens in Nepal.It usually affects the lungs, although other systems can be infected.Cutaneous tuberculosis represents a small subset of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and present in non-specific and varied ways.

MeSH terms

  • Miliary tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Cutaneous tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Intensive care medicine