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Peripheral T lymphocytes and their subsets in cutaneous tuberculosis

V N Sehgal1, S A Wagh, S N Bhattacharya

  • 1Department of Dermatology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Summary

Cell-mediated immunity in cutaneous tuberculosis varies by type. Scrofuloderma showed increased T lymphocytes (CD3+), while tuberculosis verrucosa cutis had lower CD8+ T cells. Lupus vulgaris showed no significant changes in T cell subsets.

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