Tuberculous Arthritis in a Hemodialysis Patient
作者:
Lloyd P. Haskell,
Alf M. Tannenberg,
期刊:
American Journal of Nephrology
(Karger Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 5
页码: 404-407
ISSN:0250-8095
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1159/000167509
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Tuberculosis in dialysis patients;Arthritis;tuberculous;Arthritis;septic
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively common infectious complication in the dialysis population. Most cases are extrapulmonary and pose a diagnostic dilemma for the clinician. Tuberculous arthritis is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB occurring in approximately 1 % of cases in nonuremics. Only 1 case in a dialysis patient (not proven by positive synovial fluid culture) has been reported. We report here a culture-proven case of tuberculous arthritis in a hemodialysis patient which masqueraded as an acute septic arthritis. TB should be considered early as an etiologic agent along with synovial biopsy when the exact cause of a monoarthritis has not been discovered, thus avoiding delay in initiation of appropriate therapy.
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