Scleroderma concurrent with culture proven tuberculosis in a Japanese Canadian patient.
We describe a Japanese Canadian woman who presented with scleroderma and tuberculosis. We discuss the possible association between these 2 diseases.
Roddy
J
J
St. Joseph's Hospital, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Holtby
S
S
Seigel
S
S
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