title: Unusually prolonged course of tuberculous dactylitis with osteitis.
abstract: We report a case of tuberculous dactylitis that was unusual in two regards: the bone was infected, and the course was prolonged and atypical, with a spontaneous clinical remission followed by a recurrence that led to the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium. jean-marie.vanmarsenille@wanadoo.be
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vanmarsenille
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Berg
authors.forename: Frédéric A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Houssiau
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Selys
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000382:microbiology*; D010000:Osteitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications*