Poncet's disease: Reactive arthritis accompanying tuberculosis. Two case reports and a review of the literature

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 484-489

  Kroot, E J A ^a,b   Hazes, J M W ^b   Colin, E M ^b   Dolhain, R J E M ^b  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Poncet's disease; Reactive; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HAND EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDLINE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PONCET DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RELAPSE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDINITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 33847367712     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel268     Document Type: Article

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