title: Profile of spine and joint tuberculosis on Pakistan's Afghan frontier.
abstract: Two years individual experience of spine and joint tuberculosis in the North West Frontier of Pakistan is summarised. The problems of treating a population that presents late in the course of the disease, and of coping with an added influx of highly affected Afghans, feature prominently in surgical practice.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular