1. Hand tuberculous chancre with secondary pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Peng, Yiran, Sun, Lele, Pan, Qing, Chen, Shengli, Liu, Hong, and Zhang, Furen
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SKIN disease diagnosis ,COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis ,TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis ,DRUG therapy for tuberculosis ,SKIN diseases ,PHYSICAL diagnosis ,ETHAMBUTOL ,COMMUNICABLE diseases ,BIOPSY ,STAINS & staining (Microscopy) ,CHEST X rays ,PYRAZINAMIDE ,ANTI-infective agents ,ISONIAZID ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,HAND ,TUBERCULIN test ,POLYMERASE chain reaction - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 42-year-old man with multiple irregular plaques with ulcers on his left hand. Topics include caused by a wood stabbing, leading to chronic non-healing lesion, followed by the development of the secondary pulmonary tuberculosis; and patient reporting no systemic symptoms of fever, fatigue, having night sweats, and weight loss.
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- 2022
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