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HIV Infection and Osteoarticular Tuberculosis: Strange Bedfellows

We report the case of a 47-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis and HIV infection presenting with a 3-week history of a painful swollen knee, increased serum inflammatory markers, and a low CD4 lymphocyte count. The diagnosis of TB arthritis was made by synovial fluid culture, GeneXpert...

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Autores principales: Hodkinson, B., Osman, N., Botha-Scheepers, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5718423