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What is the treatment of cutaneous TB?

April 26, 2017cutaneous TB treatment

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What is the treatment of cutaneous TB?

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Patients with pulmonary or extrapulmonary TB disease need to be treated with antitubercular drugs. This usually involves a combination of antibiotics (isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol) given over a period of several months and sometimes years. Patients with TB infection but no active disease must also be treated with antitubercular drugs to prevent development of active disease. Occasionally surgical excision of localised cutaneous TB is recommended.