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Manifestations of cutaneous mycobacterial infections in patients with inborn errors of IL-12/IL-23-IFNγ immunity
BackgroundInborn errors of IL-12/IL-23-IFNγ immunity underlie Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases (MSMD), a group of...
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Scrofuloderma with disseminated tuberculosis in an Ethiopian child: a case report
BackgroundCutaneous tuberculosis represents only 1–2% of extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis. Scrofuloderma is an endogenous form of cutaneous...
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Tuberculosis
The number of cases of cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is increasing concomitantly with the increase of pulmonary tuberculosis. Migration, increasing...
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Skin Metastasis of Laryngeal Carcinoma Presenting as Multiple Eruptive Nodules
Metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) to the skin of this region is extremely rare and reported in 1–2% of cases . The cutaneous...
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Lupus Vulgaris
Cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively uncommon form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with diverse clinical manifestations which can frequently...
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Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infections
Cutaneous mycobacterial infections include tuberculosis, leprosy, and infections by nontuberculous (previously called “atypical”) mycobacteria. While...
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Ultrasound of Common Infestations and Infections
In this chapter, we review the ultrasonographic appearance of common infections and infestations. Despite the fact that some of them are much more...
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Mycobacterial Infections
Definition: Leprosy or Hansen’s disease is a chronic infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and nerves. It is a disfiguring and disabling...
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Painful, Violaceous, Woody Mandibular Nodule in a Healthy Teenager
Actinomycosis represents an uncommon granulomatous infection caused by various bacteria that belong to a Gram—positive filamentous bacilli...
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Papulonecrotic Tuberculid—a Rare Cutaneous Expression of a Common Disease: a Case Report
Cutaneous tuberculosis is rarely encountered in clinical practice, and its diagnosis is often challenging. One of the clinical variants of cutaneous...
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Mycobacterial Diseases
The main characteristic of infections caused by mycobacteria is the presence of tuberculoid granuloma with chronic clinical evolution....
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Tropical Diseases in Women
The tropical diseases caused by infectious agents have direct relationship with poverty and are being frequently ignored. Some of tropical infectious...
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Ocular Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), a curable and preventable bacterial illness, remains the leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in several countries...
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HIV and the Skin
Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in a profound alteration of immune system function that predisposes patients to numerous...
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Tropical Diseases of the Skin
Infectious dermatoses are the major burden of skin diseases prevalent in tropics. Some fungal, protozoal, and helminthic infestations are exclusively...