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Primary Tuberculosis of the Oral Cavity in an Elderly Nonimmunosuppressed PatientCase Report and Review of the Literature
Wenko Smolka, MD, DMD, FEBOMFS;
Hana Burger, MD;
Tateyuki Iizuka, MD, DDS, PhD, FEBOMFS;
Koord Smolka, MD, DMD, FEBOMFS
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134(10):1107-1109.
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INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease that is caused in human beings by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and, less frequently, by Mycobacterium bovis. Atypical mycobacteria have also been recognized.1 Tuberculosis has been a worldwide health problem for centuries. Although the prevalence of TB was reduced decades ago, the number of cases started increasing again because of the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection and the development of multidrug-resistant species of the bacteria.2 Patients who are immunocompromised have a much higher incidence of oral lesions. These lesions are commonly caused by atypical forms of bacteria such as Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare.3
The oral mucosa is a rare location for TB infection. It is estimated that only 0.05% to 5% of total TB cases may present with oral manifestations,4 which may be either . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Author Affilations: Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (Drs W. Smolka, Iizuka, and K. Smolka) and Department of Clinical Histopathology and Diagnostics, Institute of Pathology (Dr Burger), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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