Abstract
This chapter discusses leprosy, tuberculosis, and non-tuberculous mycobacterioses that can present with cutaneous lesions. Leprosy, a chronic infection with Mycobacterium leprae, is a slowly progressive disease with a predilection for the skin and peripheral nerves. M. tuberculosis infection may lead to cutaneous lesions that are due to exogenous exposure (e.g. tuberculous chancre, tuberculosis verrucosa cutis) or endogenous infection (e.g. scrofuloderma, miliary tuberculosis, lupus vulgaris) as well as reactive tuberculids. Non-tuberculous mycobacterioses are caused by mycobacterial species that are found in nature. These organisms can produce cutaneous disease by inoculation into the skin and disseminated infection may occur in immunocompromised hosts. Diagnosis and treatment of all these infections will be addressed.
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