Reactivated musculoskeletal tuberculosis with concomitant asymptomatic genitourinary infection

Lowe, J.; Pfau, A.; Stein, H.

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 19(3): 262-266

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180
PMID: 6853124
Document Number: 219082
A case is presented of local recurrence of tuberculosis after successful hip arthrodesis, in a patient subsequently found to have active asymptomatic renal tuberculosis. The possibility of hematogenous spread is raised, and the importance of thorough genitourinary evaluation in cases of reactivated skeletal tuberculosis is discussed.

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