Primary inoculation tuberculosis: a report of a rare entity
AUTOR(ES)
Afsar, Fatma Sule, Ozcelik, Sinan, Uysal, Sila Seremet, Ermete, Murat, Afsar, Ilhan
FONTE
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2015-01
RESUMO
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.
