title: Tuberculous fasciitis and tenosynovitis. An unusual presentation of miliary tuberculosis.
abstract: A case of miliary tuberculosis presenting initially as pyogenic fasciitis and tenosynovitis is described. The unusual presenting clinical features suggestive of a noninfectious inflammatory condition resulted in delayed diagnosis. Tuberculous fasciitis and tenosynovitis were diagnosed by the presence of acid-fast bacilli in histopathologic sections and confirmed by the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from cultures of tissue specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kabani
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Jadusingh
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D005208:Fasciitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology