[Tuberculosis of the bone].
We describe a 75 year old patient treated because of arthrosis and recurrent pneumonia for a year. In hospital acid-fast bacilli were found in sputum. Chest x-ray revealed massive inflammatory and fibrous lesions. Pelvis x-ray revealed lesions estimated as tuberculosis. Tuberculosis of lungs and pelvis bones was recognised. After 3 months of antituberculous treatment patient was referred to outpatient department for further therapy.
Panek
B
B
Kliniki Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
Chyczewska
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E
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents