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ArticleSurgical technology international2017

Primary Septic Arthritis of The Knee due to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Previously Healthy Child.

Samuel Rosas, Daniel Rosas, Valentina Múnera Orozco, Manuela Parra Cardona, Chukwuweike Gwam, Simon Pedro Aristizabal

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Article in Surgical technology international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. BMJ case reports · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samuel RosasDepartment of Orthopedics, Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Daniel RosasUniversidad CES Medical School, Universidad CES, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
Valentina Múnera OrozcoEmergency Room Department, Universidad CES, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
Manuela Parra CardonaEmergency Room Department, Universidad CES, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
Chukwuweike GwamRubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.
Simon Pedro AristizabalDepartment of Orthopedics, Universidad CES, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombi.
Sinai Hospital · US

Funding

Integrative Training in Trauma and Regenerative MedicineT32GM099606 · NIGMS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOTH, JAMES JASON · 2013 to 2017
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM099606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric septic arthritis can be a devastating disease. Often, the diagnosis can be challenging as autoimmune and infectious causes may present in a similar fashion. Thus, we present the case of a five-year-old male patient, from the Pacific coast of Colombia, with chronic morning knee pain and stiffness thought to be caused by an autoimmune disease. He presented with a mild effusion of the left knee, a flexed posture, and limited extension to 25°. Inflammatory markers demonstrated an infectious pattern. Autoimmune markers were negative. A diagnostic arthrotomy and lavage was conducted followed by microbial cultures, cell count, and gram staining. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the joint fluid demonstrated mycobacterium tuberculosis. The patient was treated according to the national protocols and continued on to complete resolution.

Indexed as

Arthritis, InfectiousMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, OsteoarticularAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansInfantKnee JointMaleAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID29301169
PMCPMC6396280
OpenAlexW2944753782

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