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Eulalia Baselga, MD
(Pediatric Dermatology) 8700 W Wisconsin Ave Box 142 Milwaukee, WI 53226

Nuria Margall, MD; María A. Barnadas, MD; José M. de Moragas, MD
Barcelona, Spain

Arch Dermatol. 1996;132(1):92-94.

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Papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) is characterized by symmetrically distributed erythematous papules that often ulcerate and heal with a varioliform scar. It affects patients with a moderate-to-high degree of tuberculin hypersensitivity.¹ In the current classification of cutaneous tuberculosis, PNT is included in the group of tuberculids. The pathogenic relationship between tuberculids and Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been the subject of controversy, since M tuberculosis has never been cultured from these lesions. For many authors, they represent hypersensitivity reactions to hematogenously disseminated bacilli or mycobacterial antigens. Recently, the DNA of M tuberculosis has been detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification in the lesions of PNT and other tuberculids.^2-4 The aim of this study was to demonstrate the presence of M tuberculosis DNA in the lesions of PNT.

Materials and Methods.

We selected skin biopsy specimens with histopathologic features consistent with PNT from patients with clinically suggestive lesions and positive tuberculin . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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