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Acta Médica Costarricense
On-line version ISSN 0001-6002Print version ISSN 0001-6012
Abstract
CAMPOS- FALLAS, Christian; LEON- BRATTI, María Paz and VILLALOBOS- VINDAS, Juan. Úlcera cutánea crónica en paciente inmunosuprimido. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2006, vol.48, n.3, pp.135-138. ISSN 0001-6002.
A case of a patient with HIV infection and a chronic ulcer in the right knee is discussed. Several studies were done but none helped identifying the cause of the ulcer. However, histological examination of the ulcer showed acid alcohol resistant bacilli. The patient received medical treatment and had a good response.
Keywords : ulcer; inmunosuppremed; atypical mycobacterias.