Tuberculosis arthritis of ankle: A case report

Tuberculosis (TB) primarily involves the respiratory tract, but any organ in the body can be affected. In recent years, extrapulmonary TB cases have significantly increased due to the prevalence of immunocompromised patients. Here, we report a case of unilateral ankle arthritis due to Mycobacterium...

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Autores principales: Sayad, Babak, Babazadeh, Arefeh, Shabani, Sakineh, Hosseinzadeh, Rezvan, Barary, Mohammad, Ebrahimpour, Soheil, Mohseni Afshar, Zeinab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9309741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6112
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Sumario:Tuberculosis (TB) primarily involves the respiratory tract, but any organ in the body can be affected. In recent years, extrapulmonary TB cases have significantly increased due to the prevalence of immunocompromised patients. Here, we report a case of unilateral ankle arthritis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

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