Primary Cutaneous Tuberculosis Resulting from Mouth-to-Mouth Respiration

Part 12: Education, Implementation, and Teams

“…Salmonella infantis, 251 panton-valentine leucocidin staphylococcus aureus, 252 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 253 meningococcal meningitis, 254 helicobacter pylori, 255 herpes simplex virus, 256,257 cutaneous tuberculosis, 258 stomatitis, 259 tracheitis, 260 shigella, 261 and streptococcus pyogenes 262 have been implicated. One report described herpes simplex virus infection as a result of training in CPR (LOE 5).…”

Lupus vulgaris of the Oral Mucosa

“…However, the pathogenesis of the lupus eruption in the mouth alone is undetermined [4,5,7], The microbiological detection of the tuberculosis bacillus from the le sions of the mouth is very difficult [14]. In our cases cultures and smears were negative.…”

“…As a rule it is characterized by the presence of tubercles in the corium. These tubercles consist of round or ovoid masses of epithelioid cells in the midst of which a few giant cells, usually of the Langhans type, can be found [5]. Caseation necrosis is slight or may be absent and the tubercles are surrounded by a dense infiltrate of lymphocytes [6].…”

Tuberculous Chancre in the Partner of an Intravenous Drug Abuser

“…This clinical variant has followed ritual circumcision (5), mouth-to-mouth resuscitation [6], inoculation of labora tory guinea pigs [7], injections with poorly sterilized nee dles [8], ear piercing [9], intramuscular injections given by a nurse with active tuberculosis [10], tattooing [11], insect bites 112], sexual intercourse leading to venereal inocula tion [13][14][15] and venipuncture in an infant [16], Nowadays, tuberculous chancre, just as other clinical forms of cuta neous tuberculosis, has decreased in frequency because of the improvement of the standard of living, availability of effective antituberculous antibiotics and elimination of infected milk herds [8,17], thus it has been almost restricted to those whose occupations resulted in occasional exposure to M. tuberculosis: autopsy staff, laboratory workers, surgeons, anatomists, veterinarians, farmers and butchers [17][18][19].…”