title: [Coxitis due to multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a HIV negative patient].
abstract: A case of an HIV negative female patient with coxofemoral arthritis of tuberculous etiology, multidrug-resistant strain, and connective tissue disease associated to glucocorticoid therapy is reported. The patient was treated with cycloserine, ethambutol, p-aminosalicylic acid and ofloxacin, with improvement of the joint lesions. Previous publications on this subject are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Sala 19, Hospital F.J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires. djpalmero@intramed.net.ar
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Palmero
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simboli
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Francos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Güemes Gurtubay
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardozo
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Waisman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000382:microbiology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology