An unusual manifestation of tuberculous hypersensitivity

This report describes a 6-year-old boy with symmetrical, painful soft tissue swelling of all the fingers and toes, without apparent joint involvement. The Mantoux test was strongly positive. A dramatic response was observed with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. La rapport décrit le cas d'un garç...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tubercle 1989-03, Vol.70 (1), p.65-67
Hauptverfasser:	Vermani, A., Agarwal, A., Murali, M.V., Iyer, P.U.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Fingers Human bacterial diseases Humans Hypersensitivity - etiology Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Toes Tuberculosis - complications Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
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