Prosthetic joint infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An unusual case report with literature review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-69

  Khater, Fares J ^b   Samnani, Imran Q ^b   Mehta, Jay B ^b   Moorman, Jonathan P ^a   Myers, James W ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infection; Mycobacterial; Prosthetic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CASE REPORT; COXITIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRAIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LITERATURE; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SKIN TEST; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 33846209172     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000232972.50186.4c     Document Type: Article

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