Tuberculosis diagnosed by PCR analysis of synovial fluid

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-55

  Fujimoto, Nobukazu ^a   Gemba, Kenichi ^a   Yao, Atsushi ^a   Ozaki, Shinji ^a   Ono, Katsuichiro ^a   Wada, Sae ^a   Fujii, Yasuhiro ^a   Namba, Yoshifumi ^a   Kishimoto, Takumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthrocentesis; Knee joint; Osteoarticular tuberculosis; PCR; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE DURATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEAR; SWELLING; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 76649143377     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0010-7     Document Type: Article

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