title: Scleroderma concurrent with culture proven tuberculosis in a Japanese Canadian patient.
abstract: We describe a Japanese Canadian woman who presented with scleroderma and tuberculosis. We discuss the possible association between these 2 diseases.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph's Hospital, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roddy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holtby
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seigel
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000382:microbiology