Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: February | Volume: 8 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 284-286
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210240
Tubercular Abscess on Right Arm in an Immunocompetent Infant - A Rare Case
Betu Rama Soujanya1, Banashankari G S2
1Postgraduate, Department of Microbiology, M S Ramaiah Medical College, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bangalore – 560054 India.
2Professor (MBBS, MD Microbiology), Department of Microbiology, M S Ramaiah Medical College, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bangalore – 560054. Karnataka
Corresponding Author: Banashankari G S
ABSTRACT
Soft tissue infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis have become common. This makes the clinicians to think of tuberculosis as a part of differential diagnosis in cases of abscess especially in an endemic area. We hereby report a case of right arm tubercular abscess in an infant caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis which was confirmed by Ziehl-Neelsen stain, histopathology and also CBNAAT and the patient responded well with Anti tubercular treatment.
Keywords: Soft tissue infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, abscess.
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