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15097943

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Cutaneous manifestations of miliary tuberculosis are rare. We report two patients with previously unknown advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, who presented with respiratory collapse and an erythematous papulopustular skin eruption. Skin biopsies demonstrated focal dermal microabscess in one patient, and a subcorneal vesicle with an underlying dermal microabscess in the other. Despite the lack of granulomatous inflammation, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and Fite stains demonstrated numerous acid-fast bacilli, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was subsequently isolated in either skin and/or sputum cultures. Pulmonary involvement was present in both cases, but was sufficiently diffuse and atypical so as not to be specific for tuberculosis upon initial clinical and radiographic examination. Our two cases illustrate the importance of careful skin examination in patients with HIV infection, since cutaneous dissemination can be an easily overlooked sign of miliary tuberculosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0190-9622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S110-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Cutaneous miliary tuberculosis in two patients with HIV infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9073, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports