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2691771

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
We report two cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis in heroin addict patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Both patients presented an inflammatory tumor in the anterior chest wall, with subacute onset; one patient had chondrosternal involvement and the other had chondrocostal involvement with a retrosternal pus collection. Diagnosis was established by needle aspiration of the tumor that gave raise to caseum. Ziehl-Neelsen stain was positive and Löwenstein-Jensen culture yielded Mycobacterium tuberculosis in both cases. The course was good after surgical debridement and tuberculous treatment for 6 months. We review the features of osteoarticular tuberculosis in drug addicts and patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus that in our environment mainly affects this population group. As in our geographical area, an increased incidence of both infections does exist and owing to the high prevalence of extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis in those patients, it is expected that in a future time, the number of cases of tuberculosis will increase. Therefore, physicians must entertain a high degree of suspicion with the purpose of establishing an early diagnosis of these atypic presenting forms.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0025-7753
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
467-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Chondrocostal and chondrosternal tuberculosis in 2 heroin addicts infected with the human immunodeficiency virus].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Case Reports