Destructive osteoarthritis after delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis

Infection

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-49

  Lange, C G ^a   Getty, P J ^b   Morrissey, A B ^b   George, A L ^b   Young, P C ^c   Armitage, K B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diagnostic delay; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Osteoarthritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS;

AGED; AMPUTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; X-RAYS;

EID: 0036166345     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1194-7     Document Type: Article

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