Espectro clínico de tuberculosis cutánea Clinic spectrum of cutaneous tuberculosis

• Main Authors: G Pizzariello, P Fernández Pardal, G D´Atri, V Novac, A Uranga
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Asociación Argentina de Dermatología 2008-09-01
• Series: Revista Argentina de Dermatología
• Subjects: Tuberculosis cutánea; Cutaneous tuberculosis
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-300X2008000300006

La Tuberculosis (TBC) es producida por el Mycobacterium tuberculosis o bacilo de Koch, y se ha observado en las últimas décadas, una reemergencia de casos pulmonares y extrapulmonares. La TBC cutánea es infrecuente, y presenta un amplio espectro clínico dependiendo del interjuego existente entre el agente, el huésped y el ambiente. TBC cutánea, ilustrándola con casos clínicos de pacientes que concurrieron a nuestro servicio.<br>Tuberculosis (TBC) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's bacillus, and there was a re-emergence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary cases in the last decades. Cutaneous TBC is uncommon, there is a broad clinical spectrum and an interrelationship between the agent, the guest and the environment. A description of each form of cutaneous TBC was made, illustrating it with clinical cases of patients who were attended in our service.