Cutaneous tuberculosis in three HIV-infected patients.
Although tuberculosis is a common disease in patients infected with HIV, cutaneous presentation is not commonly found. The authors report three HIV-infected patients with cutaneous tuberculosis and lung involvement. Patient 1 presented with a nodular skin lesion on the right forearm and the diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and PCR study. Patients 2 and 3 presented with generalized erythematous papules and vesicopustules on the trunk and extremities. Culture grew M. tuberculosis in patient 2 and M. tuberculosis DNA was detected in the skin lesion of patient 3 by the PCR method.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
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D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology