Tuberculosis of the knee

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1130-1135

  Musharrafieh, Umayya M ^a   Araj, George F ^a   Zaatari, Ghazi S ^a   Musharrafieh, Ramzi S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Brucellosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LATENT PERIOD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 0036756733     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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