Oral Tuberculosis: An Acid Fast Negative Case Report

Mehdi Nasr Isfahani¹, Parichehr Ghalayani² and Fahimeh Pakravan^2,

¹Department of emergency medicine, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran

²Department of oral medicine, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Cite this paper:
Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Parichehr Ghalayani and Fahimeh Pakravan. Oral Tuberculosis: An Acid Fast Negative Case Report. American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. 2014; 2(3):45-47. doi: 10.12691/ajidm-2-3-1

Abstract

We report a rare case of tuberculosis of oral cavity in a 3.5 year-old male who was referred to oral medicine department with a chief complaint of a painless lesion in the oral cavity. Incisional biopsy from the lesion margin depicted histological features of necrotizing granulomatous lesion. Ziehl-Neelsen staining for acid fast bacilli, interestingly, was negative.

Keywords:
oral tuberculosis Ziehl-Neelsen Acid-fast bacilli

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