title: [Osteoarticular tuberculosis in a general hospital].
abstract: The status of osteoarticular tuberculosis in recent years was studied. 82 cases diagnosed here between 1951-1985 were surveyed. The disease was more common among East European Jews (38%) and among young people: the mean age was 36 years and the highest incidence was in the third decade. A secular tendency to "aging" was noted, as in later years the mean age increased. However, there was also a secular decrease in incidence, explained by a progressive decrease in immigration to Israel. The disease affected most commonly the spinal vertebrae and the weight-bearing joints. There was an average delay of 19 months between onset of symptoms and/or signs of the disease and its diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dolev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology