CASE REPORT
Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis
 
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Düzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Düzce, Turkey
 
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Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Erzurum, Turkey
 
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Osmaniye State Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Osmaniye, Turkey
 
 
Online publication date: 2009-10-15
 
 
Publication date: 2009-10-15
 
 
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Mustafa Atasoy   

Atatürk Üniversitesi Postanesi P.K: 2 25171 Erzurum-Turkey Phone: +90 442 2360738 Fax: +90 442 2361301
 
 
Eur J Gen Med 2009;6(4):268-273
 
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Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis is a paucibacillary form of cutaneous tuberculosis caused by exogenous re-infection in previously sensitized individuals. The arms and feet were involved in three cases. Gluteal area was involved in one case. Ziehl-Neelsen and periodic acid-Schiff stains did not demonstrate any acid-fast bacilli. Cultures were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis except one case. Lesions of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis improved after anti-tuberculous therapy. There were no active organ and other skin tuberculosis.
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