Focal Tuberculin Reaction (FTR) in Bone and Joint Tuberculosis
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[Tuberculin reaction size in tuberculosis patient contacts].
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the association between tuberculin reaction size in contacts with positive tuberculin skin test results and a variety of contact and index patient variables. PATIENTS AND METHODS We reviewed the contact investigation records for tuberculosis patients identified by the Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Center of Lleida, Spain, over a period ...
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3 Rady Children’s Hospital, UCSD, San Diego, CA Tuberculosis affects one third of the world’s population. While the disease may be adequately treated by chemotherapy, surgery plays an important role in the management of complications of the disease process. Tuberculosis is rare in the Western world, often leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Our goal is to review the diagnosis and man...
متن کاملBone and joint tuberculosis.
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متن کامل[Bone and joint tuberculosis].
Cliical and histopathologic features were remiewed and analized on twelve patients with bone and joint tuberculosis. The ages of the of the patients ranged from 19 to 73 years with an average of 46 years, Six patients were male and six were female. Sites were were as follows; radius; one, wrist joint; one, finger joint; one, major trochanter two, knee joint; three, tibia and wrist joint; 1, and...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 1956
ISSN: 0040-8727,1349-3329
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.64.81