title: [Cutaneous manifestations of tuberculosis].
abstract: Tuberculous lesions of the skin occur rarely nowadays. We therefore have mostly lost the knowledge to recognize this entity. Furthermore, the great variability of the clinical and particularly dermatologic manifestations of the disease can tax the most astute clinician. The challenge is even greater, when the patient has an intercurrent condition such as a malignancy or AIDS. In order to make understanding easier, we replace all descriptive terms, some carried over from the last century, by a useful pathogenetic and clinical, algorithmic classification. Finally the necessity of biopsy and specific cultures for proper diagnosis and treatment of any skin lesion consistent with skin tuberculosis is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de dermatologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmied
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmied
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mainetti
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000145:classification* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Manifestations cutanées de la tuberculose.