Prevalence of oral lesions in Brazilian patients with tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Rodolfo Albuquerque Santiago (Author), Luiz Alcino Gueiros (Author), Stephen Ross Porter (Author), Valder Barbosa Gomes (Author), Iracema Ferrer (Author), Jair Carneiro Leão (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background : Oral lesions of tuberculosis (TB) are rare and usually associated with the secondary form of the disease. Aim : The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of oral lesions in a cohort of TB-infected individuals. Materials and Methods : The study was carried out in two r...