[Report of a case of isolated tuberculous arthritis of the knee: a difficult diagnosis in adolescents]. / L'arthrite tuberculeuse isolée du genou, un diagnostic difficile chez l'adolescent: rapport de cas.
Pan Afr Med J
; 37: 225, 2020.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33520064
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis is a major global public health problem. Osteoarticular tuberculosis is very rare. In half of the cases it affects the vertebrae. Symptoms are insidious over a prolonged period and isolation of the pathogen is difficult, mostly leading to difficult and delayed diagnosis. We here report a new case of tuberculous arthritis of the knee in a teenager in whom the mean time between symtom onset and definitive diagnosis based on the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome by Xpert MTB/RIF test was eight months. This study emphasizes the importance of bacteriological sampling and diagnostic methods by molecular assay in early and definitive diagnosis of tuberculous arthritis.
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MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Problema de saúde:
3_neglected_diseases
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3_tuberculosis
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Osteoarticular
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Articulação do Joelho
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Fr
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Pan Afr Med J
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Marrocos