Tuberculosis arising at the site of physical injury: eight case histories.
Eight patients who developed tuberculosis at the site of a recent injury are described. They were all in apparent good health before and at the time of the injury. There are only two precedents of such cases in the literature, and the possible pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*