title: Comparison of the clinical characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria patients with joint involvement.
abstract: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) joint involvement is rare. However, the incidence of NTM disease is increasing and it is difficult to distinguish NTM from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Here, the clinical characteristics of NTM joint involvement were compared with those of MTB. Distal joint involvement and precipitating factors were significantly more frequent for NTM joint infections. Because pathologic findings of NTM and MTB were similar, microbiological investigations are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: S-H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S-H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: S-O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*