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Mycobacterial Infections

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Skin mycobacterial infection is still a big issue for the clinicians even today. This chapter comprises borderline tuberculoid leprosy, hypertrophic lupus vulgaris, tuberculosis verrucosa cutis, swimming pool granuloma, cutaneous anthrax, pitted keratolysis, and trichomycosis axillaris.

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Jiang, W. et al. (2018). Mycobacterial Infections. In: Zhu, WY., Tan, C., Zhang, Rz. (eds) Atlas of Skin Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8037-1_5

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