Report of a case of isolated tuberculous arthritis of the knee: a difficult diagnosis in adolescents

Tuberculosis is a major global public health problem. Osteoarticular tuberculosis is very rare. In half of the cases it affects the vertebrae. Symptoms are insidious over a prolonged period and isolation of the pathogen is difficult, mostly leading to difficult and delayed diagnosis. We here report...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pan African medical journal 2020-11, Vol.37, p.225
Hauptverfasser:	Benchanna, Rachid, Benjelloune, Amine, Abdelafatah, Zidane, Arsalane, Adil, Janah, Hicham, Oujaber, Jamal, Boui, Meriem, Samri, Ikram, Bouchentouf, Rachid
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Delayed Diagnosis Female Humans Knee Joint - microbiology Knee Joint - pathology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - diagnosis Young Adult
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