title: Microbiology of cutaneous tuberculosis.
abstract: Detailed bacteriological characteristics including drug sensitivity of 12 mycobacteria isolated from 51 cases of different types of cutaneous tuberculosis were studied; no mycobacterium could be isolated from remaining 39 cases. Nine were identified as M. tuberculosis and 3 as 'anonymous' mycobacteria. Acquired resistance to one or more than one drug (streptomycin, isoniazid, PAS and thiacetazone) was observed in 3 out of 9 strains of M. tuberculosis. All the 'anonymous' strains were resistant to all the drugs except ethionamide and ethambutol.
mesh_terms: D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005000:Ethionamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000494:pharmacology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013828:Thioacetazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D004977:Ethambutol; D013828:Thioacetazone; D005000:Ethionamide; D007538:Isoniazid; D013307:Streptomycin