title: Primary inoculation tuberculosis following a vehicular accident.
abstract: Tuberculosis is considered as a 're emerging disease', because of its resurgence and increased incidence in the 21 st century particularly in immuno-compromised patients. About one fifth of diagnosed new cases of tuberculosis have an extrapulmonary lesion, of which about one-tenth involve the musculoskeletal system. Tuberculosis involving the soft tissue from adjacent bone or joint is well recognized but cutaneous tuberculous infection is rare, accounting for 0.1% of all cases seen in a dermatology service. We report a case of primary cutaneous tuberculosis of forearm following a vehicular accident in a young immunocompetent female.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, TNMC, Mumbai - 400 008, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zadbuke
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Set
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shastri
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000473:pathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult