Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis: A Case with Atypical Manifestations

Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for about 1–2% of all TB cases and 10% of extrapulmonary TB cases. We present a 19-year-old male with multifocal tubercular osteomyelitis, who presented with progressively worsening back pain, weight loss, fatigue, anorexia, decreased mobility, low-grade fever, an...

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Autores principales: Thawani, Mukesh, Hale, Elizabeth, Habte-Gabr, Eyassu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/483802
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description Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for about 1–2% of all TB cases and 10% of extrapulmonary TB cases. We present a 19-year-old male with multifocal tubercular osteomyelitis, who presented with progressively worsening back pain, weight loss, fatigue, anorexia, decreased mobility, low-grade fever, and night sweats—but without pulmonary involvement.
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spelling pubmed-33356672012-05-07 Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis: A Case with Atypical Manifestations Thawani, Mukesh Hale, Elizabeth Habte-Gabr, Eyassu Tuberc Res Treat Case Report Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for about 1–2% of all TB cases and 10% of extrapulmonary TB cases. We present a 19-year-old male with multifocal tubercular osteomyelitis, who presented with progressively worsening back pain, weight loss, fatigue, anorexia, decreased mobility, low-grade fever, and night sweats—but without pulmonary involvement. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3335667/ /pubmed/22567265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/483802 Text en Copyright © 2011 Mukesh Thawani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis: A Case with Atypical Manifestations
title_fullStr Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis: A Case with Atypical Manifestations
title_full_unstemmed Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis: A Case with Atypical Manifestations
title_short Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis: A Case with Atypical Manifestations
title_sort multifocal tubercular osteomyelitis: a case with atypical manifestations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567265
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