Pulmonary tuberculosis in dermatological patients on high-dose, long-term steroid therapy

Ghazala Butt; Faria Altaf; Ijaz Hussain

Pulmonary tuberculosis in dermatological patients on high-dose, long-term steroid therapy

Ghazala Butt^*, Faria Altaf, Ijaz Hussain

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Tuberculosis is a chronic and serious infection if left untreated. Currently one third of the world population is infected with this bacillus. The immunosuppression due to glucocorticoids in patients with skin diseases may cause acquisition of primary tuberculosis and the reactivation of nonactive tuberculosis. This review focuses on risk involved, diagnosis and treatment in such patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-131
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists
Volume	25
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

High-dose
Long-term
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Steroids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Dermatology

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Pulmonary tuberculosis in dermatological patients on high-dose, long-term steroid therapy

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