ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2013
Prosthetic joint infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A report of 5 cases.
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- Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Unsuspected Tuberculosis of the Joint: A Report of Four Cases and a Systematic Review of the Literature.Orthopaedic surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Skeletal Tuberculosis: Clinical and Radiological Profile, Management, and Outcomes in a Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Implant-associatedJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2024Article
- Prosthetic Joint Infections Caused byMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Two-stage revision for treatment of tuberculous prosthetic hip infection: an outcome analysis.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Review
- Mycobacterial periprosthetic joint infection after primary total knee arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Management ofOpen forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
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- Two-stage revision arthroplasty for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis periprosthetic joint infection: An outcome analysis.PloS one · 2018Article
- [Diagnosis and treatment strategy of tuberculosis infection after total knee arthroplasty].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2017Review
- Tuberculous periprosthetic infection precipitated by infliximab therapy.BMJ case reports · 2017Article
- Prosthetic joint infection.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2014Review
- Periprosthetic joint infections: clinical and bench research.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2013Review
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Abstract
introductionTubercular infection of prosthetic joint arthroplasty is sporadically described, but its incidence is rising. Misdiagnosis is common because of disparate clinical presentation. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We describe 1 hand, 2 hip and 2 knee prosthetic-joint infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients without a previous history of tuberculosis. All of them were initially misdiagnosed as bacterial infections and unsuccessfully treated with antibiotic for a long period of time. Diagnosis was made by means of culture of periprosthetic tissues and histolopathological examination. Tuberculosis was cured in all patients, but two of them have had a permanent functional damage (one arthrodesis of the knee and one loss of hand function). DISCUSSION: An aggressive diagnostic approach is required to make diagnosis of periprosthetic tubercular infection. The identification of the pathogen is advisable to test drug susceptibility.
conclusionThe low index of suspicion of periprosthetic tubercular infection could delay a correct diagnosis with risk of permanent damage due to a late treatment. During any surgical revision of prosthetic joints with suspect infection culture for tuberculosis should be taken into consideration.
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