Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection

In the absence of coexisting immunocompromised state and lack of specific symptoms a reactivation of treated mycobacterial tuberculosis (MTB) infection is generally not considered in the differential diagnosis of leg pain. We present a unique case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as an infect...

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Autores principales: Pervin, Najwa, Akram, Sami, Hudali, Tamer, Bhattarai, Mukul, Waqar, Sana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6527675
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author Pervin, Najwa
Akram, Sami
Hudali, Tamer
Bhattarai, Mukul
Waqar, Sana
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description In the absence of coexisting immunocompromised state and lack of specific symptoms a reactivation of treated mycobacterial tuberculosis (MTB) infection is generally not considered in the differential diagnosis of leg pain. We present a unique case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as an infected Baker's cyst in a 73-year-old immunocompetent male.
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spelling pubmed-52596702017-02-05 Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection Pervin, Najwa Akram, Sami Hudali, Tamer Bhattarai, Mukul Waqar, Sana Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report In the absence of coexisting immunocompromised state and lack of specific symptoms a reactivation of treated mycobacterial tuberculosis (MTB) infection is generally not considered in the differential diagnosis of leg pain. We present a unique case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as an infected Baker's cyst in a 73-year-old immunocompetent male. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5259670/ /pubmed/28163945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6527675 Text en Copyright © 2017 Najwa Pervin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Pervin, Najwa
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Hudali, Tamer
Bhattarai, Mukul
Waqar, Sana
Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection
title Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection
title_full Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection
title_fullStr Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection
title_short Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection
title_sort disseminated tuberculosis presenting as baker's cyst infection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6527675
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