title: Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the knee: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With the resurge of tuberculosis, due to the pandemic of the human immunodeficiency virus and the increase in the number of immunocompromised patients, osteoarticular tuberculosis has increased too.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report of a 55-year-old patient, with chronic renal failure on haemodialysis, who presented with a painful knee and fever. Culture on Lowënstein-Jensen medium of joint liquid revealed a tuberculous affectation of the proximal tibia. Wide excision was performed, completed with 9 months of tuberculostatic drugs. At 1 year follow-up, the patient was free of symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tuberculous aetiology should be considered in the differential diagnosis of knee arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics Bone and Joint Infections Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. pestebann@secot.es
authors.forename: Pedro L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: Sebastián
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Ramiro
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents