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17957082

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
We report 79 cases of bone and joint tuberculosis between 1988 and 2005, eight of which were in the Caucasian population and 71 in the non-white population. The diagnosis was made in the majority (73.4%) by positive bacteriology and/or histology. The mean age at the time of diagnosis was higher in the Caucasian group at 51.5 years (28 to 66) than in the South Asian group at 36.85 years (12 to 93). Only one patient had previous BCG immunisation. The spine was the site most commonly affected (44.3%). Surgical stabilisation and/or decompression was performed in 23% of these cases because of cord compression on imaging or the presence of neurological signs. A six-month course of chemotherapy comprising of an initial two months of rifampicin, isoniazide, pyrazinamide and sometimes ethambutol followed by four months treatment with rifampicin and isoniazide, was successful in all cases without proven drug resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1379-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone and joint tuberculosis: cases in Blackburn between 1988 and 2005.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, England. dilrajsandher@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article