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[Lupus vulgaris after BCG vaccination. A clinical case]
A Rodrigues1, R D Coelho, F Pereira
1Interna do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia do Hospital de Curry Cabral.
Medicina Cutanea Ibero-Latino-Americana
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The authors report a case of lupus vulgaris in a 22-year-old female patient occurring three months after BCG vaccination, with a period of evolution of two months. The Mantoux intradermoreaction (1 U) was strongly positive, and no acid-fast bacilli were found in the lesion, either by direct analysis or by culture in a Lowenstein medium. The histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis. Prescribed treatment with isoniazid and rifampicin for three months resulted in complete healing on the sixth month.