Clinical signs of skin tuberculosis

Skin tuberculosis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which is rare and differs from other well-known forms of tuberculosis in skin manifestations. Family doctors, even phthisiatricians and sometimes pulmonologists (to whom persons with pulmonary pathology of tuberculous genesis will turn) in their practice will see them perhaps several times a year since pulmonary forms are often accompanied by the presence of extra-pulmonary forms. Today, this is an important issue, especially given the increase in the detection rate of extrapulmonary forms, which is also caused by the growing rate of co-infection with TB and HIV/AIDS or HIV/AIDS alone, the frequency of which is constantly increasing. The above-mentioned specialists should be able to identify and confirm such a diagnosis in a patient. Still, there are difficulties in diagnosing skin tuberculosis, since often the manifestations of the disease are atypical, and it is mostly impossible to detect mycobacteria of tuberculosis using available methods. In addition, there are no clear histological and morphological signs of skin tuberculosis, and a certain role is also played by the lack of awareness of general practitioners regarding the manifestations of this pathology. Therefore, to help general practitioners, the review we offer covers the most common forms.The authors hope that the presented review of clinical manifestations of skin tuberculosis forms will help general practitioners (and specialists) to study this rather rare pathology better, detect it in patients in a timely manner and, consequently, start treatment earlier, which will contribute to achieving a faster and more effective result.