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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Cutaneous tuberculosis in Morocco
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 11, No. 3, Year 2007
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Objective: To describe the salient epidemiologic, clinical, histopathologic, and bacteriologic aspects of cutaneous tuberculosis in Morocco. Methods: A retrospective review of all cases of cutaneous tuberculosis at our hospital from January 1981 through December 2004. Results: Two-hundred and sixteen cases of cutaneous tuberculosis were identified and included. Men and women were equally affected. The mean patient age was 29 years. Major clinical types of cutaneous tuberculosis were scrofuloderma and gumma (72%), lupus vulgaris (12%), tuberculosis verrucosa cutis (7%), tuberculids (6%), orificial tuberculosis (1%), and tuberculous chancre (1%). Systemic involvement was seen in 35%. Where performed (66%), 81% of subjects had positive Mantoux skin tests. Lesion biopsy for histopathologic study was performed in 81% of patients and showed classical tuberculous findings in 57%. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated in culture from 9% of patients. Conclusion: Cutaneous tuberculosis is still a common disease in Morocco, and scrofuloderma and gumma are the most common clinical presentations. © 2006 International Society for Infectious Diseases.
Authors & Co-Authors
Zouhair, K.
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Akhdari, Nadia
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
NEJJAM, F.
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Ouazzani, T.
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Lakhdar, Hakima
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Statistics
Citations: 57
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.009
ISSN:
12019712
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Morocco
Participants Gender
Male
Female