Case Report

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2004): The Archives of Rheumatology

KNEE TUBERCULOSIS UNDER ANTITUBERCULOUS CHEMOTHERAPY; A CASE REPORT

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Duygu Geler
Nurben Süldür
Şebnem Ataman
Mesut Birol Atay
Şebnem K. Ayva

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the knee is the third common site of skeletal tuberculosis after the spine and the hip. In this case, a patient, who was previously operated due to Mall de Pott, has developed tuberculous arthritis in her right knee under antituberculous chemotherapy. In such cases a drug resistance should not be forgetten and in differential diagnosis, tuberculosis should not be underestimated.

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