Cutaneous tuberculosis and HIV infection at a referral centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cutaneous tuberculosis and HIV infection at a referral centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BACKGROUND Cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is a rare extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis (TB). Despite the increase in the number of cases of TB and HIV, few cases of CTB have been reported. OBJECTIVE To describe CTB cases among patients with HIV infection from a cohort with tuberculosis. METHODS W...

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Main Authors: Danielle Mann, Flávia Marinho Sant’Anna, Carolina Arana Stanis Schmaltz, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Valeria Cavalcanti Rolla, Solange Cesar Cavalcante, Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2018-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
cutaneous tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
HIV
AIDS
immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
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