Tuberculous cold abscess

Agrawal, Avyact; Jain, Anuj

doi:10.1007/s12098-007-0137-4

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“…Tuberculosis of the soft tissue is not common except for the occurrence of cold abscesses. The intact skin is a protective barrier to the entry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 45. Sporadic reports of primary tubercular abscesses in the gluteal region have been presumed to be syringe transmitted either by needles that had been used on more than one patient, or by contamination of the injection site presumably by infected nursing staff coughing over the site 46.…”

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Role of fine‐needle aspiration cytology and fluid cytology in extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis

Reddy

Narayana

Shariff

2012

Diagnostic Cytopathology

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Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is the presence of disease in an organ without obvious involvement of the lungs (World Health Organization, Tuberculosis Fact sheet, 2006). The present article focuses on the incidence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis as an emerging and clinically significant disease to be reckoned with in the present era. It also highlights fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as an inexpensive, less invasive procedure for early diagnosis of such tuberculosis and timely initiation of specific therapy. All cases of proved tuberculosis presenting to the M.V.J. Medical College and Research Hospital were recorded over a period of two years (2008-2010); and categorized as pulmonary and extra-pulmonary cases. A total of 96 cases of tuberculosis were observed; extra-pulmonary tuberculosis was seen in 64 cases. Of these 56 cases were from lymphnodes and 8 from extra-nodal sites which included tuberculous dactylitis (two cases), tuberculous mastitis (two cases), tuberculous synovial effusion (one case), pericardial effusion (one case), epididymo-orchitis (one case), and cold abscess (one case). The cytology patterns observed included granulomatous inflammation and necrosis with or without acid fast bacilli.

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Role of fine‐needle aspiration cytology and fluid cytology in extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis

Reddy

Narayana

Shariff

2012

Diagnostic Cytopathology

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“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare but important cause of cold abscess following injections and CB-NAAT is the most sensitive rapid test by which the infection can be diagnosed at the earliest and should be the first test to be done as culture although is the gold standard but it takes time for growth and identification of M. tuberculosis which may delay the treatment. [2][3][4][5][6].…”

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“…Most of the infections are caused by bacterial pathogens which include Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas spp [1]. Rarely rapid growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and M. bovis are also implicated due to contaminated needles or probable use of tap water, the common reservoir of M. chelonae and M. fortuitum [1][2][3][4]. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing abscess formation at vaccination site is very rare and has been reported by few authors [1][2][3].…”

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Post-vaccination Tubercular Cold Abscess of Thigh of An Infant

Jahan¹,

Nehvi²,

Farooq³

2020

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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We report a case of post immunization tubercular soft tissue cold abscess on a lateral part of the right thigh in an eight-month-old male baby following third dose of intramuscular Hepatitis B vaccination. The baby presented with gradual onset of fever for 10 days after hepatitis B vaccination this was followed by an erythematous, painless, firm small swelling on the anterolateral part of the right thigh which grew gradually to a size of 2 × 2.5 cm size. The baby was treated with empirical antibiotics (Amoxicillin) following which fever subsided but there was no improvement in swelling so the baby was advised for various laboratory investigations.The aspirate from the abscess was subjected to Acid fast staining using microscopy (Ziehl-Neelsen staining) that revealed Acid Fast Bacilli (2+). In addition (Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test) confirmed the presence of M. tuberculosis complex sensitive to Rifampicin.

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“…There are sporadic reports of primary soft tissue tuberculosis presenting as gluteal abscess that have been presumed to be syringe transmitted either through used needles or due to coughing by the infected nursing staff over the site of injection [6]. Agrawal et al have reported a case of primary cold abscess where they thought that the spread was hematogenous [2]. There are a few other reports of isolated tubercular involvement of muscles in the literature [7].…”

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“…Others may present with abscess, fistula, and cutaneous lesion [1]. A tubercular cold abscess secondary to involvement of an adjacent bone or suppuration of lymph nodes is a well-known entity; however, a primary cold abscess is rare [2]. We report one such case which was diagnosed as primary tubercular abscess of the axilla.…”

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Primary Tubercular Abscess of the Axilla—a Rare Case

Kumar

Ramakrishnan²,

Sahu³

2017

Indian J Surg

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Tuberculosis can be broadly classified as pulmonary and extrapulmonary. Though pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common presentation, extrapulmonary tuberculosis is also an important entity. A tubercular cold abscess secondary to involvement of an adjacent bone or suppuration of lymph nodes is a well-known entity; however, a primary cold abscess is rare. We report a case of a young girl who presented with an axillary swelling which turned out to be a primary tubercular abscess of the axilla. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a primary tubercular abscess presenting in the axilla. A primary tubercular abscess, though rare, should be considered as a possible diagnosis in appropriate clinical settings backed by evidence of in form of AFB microscopy, L-J culture, BACTEC culture, or PCR test.

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Tuberculous cold abscess

Abstract: A tubercular cold abscess secondary to adjoining bone involvement is a well-known entity. However, a primary cold abscess with no bony involvement in children is very rare. We present such a case.

Cited by 10 publications

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Role of fine‐needle aspiration cytology and fluid cytology in extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis

Role of fine‐needle aspiration cytology and fluid cytology in extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis

Post-vaccination Tubercular Cold Abscess of Thigh of An Infant

Primary Tubercular Abscess of the Axilla—a Rare Case

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