Insidious destruction of the hip by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and why early diagnosis is critical

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 392-397

  Silber, Jeff S ^a,b   Whitfield, S Brett ^a   Anbari, Kevin ^a   Vergillio, Joanne ^a   Gannon, Francis ^a   Fitzgerald Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Destruction; Diagnosis; Hip; Infection; Mycobacterium; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0034072824     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(00)90900-8     Document Type: Article

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