Concomitant cutaneous metastatic tuberculous abscesses and multifocal skeletal tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Sezgin Betul (Author), Atilganoglu Ulviye (Author), Yigit Ozgul (Author), Ergun Selma (Author), Cambaz Nevin (Author), Demirkesen Cuyan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis, one of the oldest diseases known to affect humans is caused by the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease usually affects the lungs, although, in up to one third of cases, other organs are involved. Metastatic tuberculosis abscess is a rare form of skin tuberculosis. It is ch...