Primary Cutaneous Tuberculosis Resulting from Mouth-to-Mouth Respiration

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NEW YORK CITYSINCE the advent of the chemotherapy of tuberculosis primary cutaneous tuberculosis has become a rare clinical entity. With the reinstitution of mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration the physician has increased his chances of exposure to the tubercle bacillus. The case of primary cutaneous tuberculosis reported below presented an interesting problem in differential diagnosis and treatment. It also serves as a warning of some of the hazards of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.Case ReportK.M.H., a 25-year-old intern in the Second (Cornell) Medical Division at Bellevue Hospital, had enjoyed good health his entire life and had had negative P.P.D. tests throughout medical . . .

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