Clinical signs of skin tuberculosis

Abstract

Skin tuberculosis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which is rare and differs from other well-known forms of tuberculosis in skin manifestations. Family doctors, even phthisiatricians and sometimes pulmonologists (to whom persons with pulmonary pathology of tuberculous genesis will turn) in their practice will see them perhaps several times a year since pulmonary forms are often accompanied by the presence of extra-pulmonary forms. Today, this is an important issue, especially given the increase in the detection rate of extrapulmonary forms, which is also caused by the growing rate of co-infection with TB and HIV/AIDS or HIV/AIDS alone, the frequency of which is constantly increasing.