Dermatology

Association between a favourable clinical response to anti-tuberculosis treatment and a positive PCR test for mycobacterium tuberculosis in histologically proven erythema induratum/nodular vasculitis

Botha, Anton R. (University of the Free State, 2016-02)

Background: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been used for many years to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) DNA in biopsy tissue of erythema induratum (EI)/nodular vasculitis. Studies to ascertain the association ...