@article{27170,
  keywords = {Balkan, Tuberculosis, leprosy},
  author = {Niåu M and Olteanu M and Cãlãraæu C and Olteanu M and Vasiliu R and Streba C and Postolache P and Golli AL and Pop C and Nemeæ RM},
  title = {A Comparison Between Cutaneous Tuberculosis And Leprosy},
  abstract = {<p><strong>Cutaneous tuberculosis represents a small percent of total extrapulmonary</strong></p>

<p><strong>TB forms, caused mainly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.</strong></p>

<p><strong>Skin tuberculosis can be also highly variable in its clinical</strong></p>

<p><strong>appearance, significance, and prognosis. The form of the disease</strong></p>

<p><strong>depends on the virulence of the strain, the immune status of the</strong></p>

<p><strong>host, the portal of entry, the mode of internal spread, and the</strong></p>

<p><strong>adequacy of initial treatment. Lesions in the skin often represent</strong></p>

<p><strong>hematogenously or lymphatically dispersed disease from internal</strong></p>

<p><strong>foci of infection. Scrofuloderma and lupus vulgaris are much more</strong></p>

<p><strong>common and are seen in patients who are less immunosuppressed</strong></p>

<p><strong>and tuberculosis verrucosa cutis is highly seen in</strong></p>

<p><strong>patients who are immunocompetent. Leprosy (also known as</strong></p>

<p><strong>Hansen’s Disease) is a chronic, infectious disease involving</strong></p>

<p><strong>primarily the nerves and secondary the skin, mucosa and the eyes</strong></p>

<p><strong>of infected individuals. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium</strong></p>

<p><strong>leprae. Although this disease is curable since 1948, according to</strong></p>

<p><strong>WHO in 2013 there were registered 213.000 new cases of leprosy.</strong></p>

<p><strong>Considering the results of skin tests (biopsies, and secretions</strong></p>

<p><strong>tests) leprosy can be classified as: paucibacillary - few or absent</strong></p>

<p><strong>bacilli (tuberculoid leprosy, and borderline tuberculoid leprosy)</strong></p>

<p><strong>and multibacillary - numerous bacilli (lepromatous leprosy,</strong></p>

<p><strong>borderline lepromatous leprosy and borderline leprosy). Corroborating</strong></p>

<p><strong>clinical data with specific laboratory tests and biopsies of</strong></p>

<p><strong>the affected skin and nerves we establish the diagnosis and form</strong></p>

<p><strong>of these diseases; the tuberculin test has as correspondent</strong></p>

<p><strong>lepromin test. The treatment of cutaneous tuberculosis in most</strong></p>

<p><strong>cases is the same as for pulmonary tuberculosis. Early treatment</strong></p>

<p><strong>for leprosy prevents disabilities and scaring.</strong></p>

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  year = {2015},
  journal = {Archives of the Balkan Medical Union },
  volume = {50},
  pages = {105-110},
  url = {http://see-articles.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0041-6940/2015/0041-69401501105N.pdf},
  language = {eng, fre},
}