title: Primary inoculation tuberculosis: a report of a rare entity.
abstract: Primary inoculation tuberculosis is an exogenous infection resulting from direct inoculation of bacteria into individuals with no acquired immunity to the organism. We report a 63-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with primary inoculation tuberculosis on the basis of clinical appearance and histopathological examination. The findings from this case emphasize the importance of clinical and histopathological findings in this rarely seen form of skin tuberculosis if the organism cannot be shown to grow in culture.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Fatma Sule
authors: FS
authors: Afsar
authors: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Sinan
authors: S
authors: Ozcelik
authors: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Sila Seremet
authors: SS
authors: Uysal
authors: Department of Pathology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Ermete
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Ilhan
authors: I
authors: Afsar
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology*