Clinical features of tuberculous septic arthritis in Khon Kaen, Thailand: A 10-year retrospective study

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1438-1446

  Foocharoen, Chingching ^a   Nanagara, Ratanavadee ^a   Foocharoen, Thanit ^b   Mootsikapun, Pirun ^a   Suwannaroj, Siraphop ^a   Mahakkanukrauh, Ajanee ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Disseminated tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Septic arthritis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous arthritis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THAILAND; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952600847     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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