Tuberculosis of peripheral joints: an often missed diagnosis.
Eleven elderly patients with tuberculous arthritis of 12 peripheral joints were studied retrospectively. The disease usually presented as a monoarticular arthritis often in the absence of other signs of tuberculosis. A delay in diagnosis was a common feature and synovial biopsies provided the highest diagnostic yield.
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000995:Antitubercular Agents