Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
Aprospective study was conducted on 400 cases having clinical manifestation of cutaneous tuberculosis from 1992to 2001 in the department of Dermatology’ and Venereology,Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), formerly Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological examination. Among 400 cases, 260 (65%) were males and 140 (35%) were females with a male to female ratio 1.86:1.