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A 42-year-old woman who was neat after a week of swelling and discomfort rose finger was found infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
A 42-year-old woman who was neat after a week of swelling and discomfort rose finger was found infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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According to a fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control, people at risk of tuberculosis can be tested by skin or blood tests. Both tests look for the body's response to the germs at the origin of tuberculosis.
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According to a fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control, people at risk of tuberculosis can be tested by skin or blood tests. Both tests look for the body's reaction to germs
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Tuberculosis spreads when a person with an active infection coughs or sneezes and another person breathes germs. Most people are infected with someone they spend a lot of time with, such as a family member or colleague.
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Tuberculosis spreads when a person with an active infection coughs or sneezes and another person breathes germs. Most people are infected by someone they spend a lot of time with, such as a family member
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If a tuberculosis test is positive for the bacteria, the patient will undergo additional tests to determine if there is an active or latent infection.
If a tuberculosis test is positive for the bacteria, the patient will undergo additional tests to determine if there is an active or latent infection.
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Patients may have latent TB infection, with germs in their body but no symptoms. These patients are not contagious unless they develop an active infection.
Patients may have latent TB infection, with germs in their body but no symptoms. These patients are not contagious unless they develop an active infection.
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When a person has an active infection, symptoms such as cough and chest pain begin to appear.
When a person has an active infection, symptoms such as cough and chest pain begin to appear.
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People with TB must take multiple prescriptions for six to twelve months. Some people with latent infections are also prescribed drugs to kill bacteria.
People with TB must take multiple prescriptions for six to twelve months. Some people with latent infections are also prescribed drugs to kill bacteria.
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Treatment is sometimes closely monitored to ensure that TB bacteria do not become resistant to drugs.
Treatment is sometimes closely monitored to ensure that TB bacteria do not become resistant to drugs.
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A vaccine against tuberculosis exists, but it is not often recommended in the United States. The vaccine does not completely protect a person from the disease and can cause false positives on skin tests.
A vaccine against tuberculosis exists, but it is not often recommended in the United States. The vaccine does not completely protect a person from the disease and can cause false positives on skin tests.
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A 42-year-old woman who was neat after a week of swelling and discomfort rose finger was found infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
A 42-year-old woman who was neat after a week of swelling and discomfort rose finger was found infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Photo: New England Journal Of Medicine
The pink swollen finger of the woman was a rare sign of tuberculosis, according to UCSF doctors
A woman who received treatment for pink swelling at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, was found to be infected with the same bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
According to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine by doctors Jennifer Mandal and Mary Margaretten of the UCSF, a 42-year-old woman was treated after a week of swelling and pink finger discomfort.
The woman did not report any finger injuries and the doctors found no problem with her bones after an X-ray and CT scan.
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The doctors performed a biopsy of her skin tissue and discovered that she had been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same bacterium that causes tuberculosis in the lungs.
Other tests have shown that the patient did not have the infection in her lungs or elsewhere in her body.
According to the doctors, the woman was suffering from lupus and was being treated with mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone, two factors that weakened her immune system and made her more vulnerable to infection.
"Although finger infection is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis, it is an important consideration in immunocompromised patients," the doctors wrote.
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The woman was reportedly infected by her husband, who "was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis" after a trip to China.
She was treated with four anti-tuberculosis drugs for nine months and her symptoms completely disappeared.
Eric Ting is a staff writer for SFGATE. Send him an email at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter
