Cutaneous tuberculosis and HIV infection at a referral centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AUTOR(ES)
Mann, Danielle, Sant’Anna, Flávia Marinho, Schmaltz, Carolina Arana Stanis, Freitas, Dayvison Francis Saraiva, Rolla, Valeria Cavalcanti, Cavalcante, Solange Cesar, Gutierrez-Galhardo, Maria Clara
FONTE
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
26/07/2018
RESUMO
BACKGROUND Cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is a rare extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis (TB). Despite the increase in the number of cases of TB and HIV, few cases of CTB have been reported. OBJECTIVE To describe CTB cases among patients with HIV infection from a cohort with tuberculosis. METHODS We describe a series of 15 CTB and HIV cases, based on secondary data from 2000 to 2016. Diagnosis was based on isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture or clinical response to anti-tuberculous treatment associated with positive smear or histopathologic findings from affected skin or an adjacent lymph node. FINDINGS Scrofuloderma was present in 12 (80%) patients and solitary gumma in three (20%) patients. One case of scrofuloderma was associated with papulonecrotic tuberculid. Seven (46.6%) patients had pulmonary TB. Diagnosis was based on culture in nine patients (60%). The median CD4 cell count was 262 cells/µL. All patients were cured at the end of treatment (median time 6 months). Three patients presented with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. CONCLUSIONS In this study, CTB associated with HIV infection presented as localised forms or in association with pulmonary TB. In patients with HIV who have subacute and chronic skin lesions, CTB should be considered in differential diagnosis, which may represent a good opportunity for early diagnosis of active TB.
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