Paradoxical reaction causing tuberculous arthritis and soft-tissue abscess in a non-HIV infected, lymphopenic, vitamin D deficient patient with disseminated tuberculosis. A coincidence or an immunological conundrum?

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-323

  Hassan, Tidi M ^a   Keane, Joseph ^a   McLaughlin, Anne Marie ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Paradoxical reaction; Septic arthritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL DRUG REACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79955525843     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.11.008     Document Type: Letter

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