[A case of cutaneous tuberculosis evolving for 50 years].

DISCUSSION: This case underscores the difficulty of diagnosing cutaneous tuberculosis. Such a diagnosis must be clinically suspected in the presence of long lasting destructive or verrucous skin lesions that fail to heal, even where cultures are negative, and anti-TB therapy should be putatively prescribed. PMID: 32386803 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32386803?dopt=Abstract

Source: Annales de Dermatologie et de Cenereologie - May 4, 2020 Category: Dermatology Authors: Bourlond F, Velter C, Lipsker D Tags: Ann Dermatol Venereol Source Type: research