An Unusual Presentation of Pediatric Tuberculosis

Year 2024, , 68 - 69, 07.05.2024

Melis Deniz , İsa An , Kenan Değirmenci , Feyza Kabar Şahika Şahinkaya

https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2024.1350135

Abstract

Dear Editor,

We were interested in reading Kamer et al.’s original research paper on pediatric tuberculosis in Issue 1 of the Journal of Child. The authors mentioned that tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious illness able to potentially affect multiple organs within the body. Below, we present a case of cutaneous TB in a pediatric patient.

Keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis, infection, pediatric

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