Osteoarticular tuberculosis: clinical and social aspects
Morozkina, N.S.; Marutko, S.V.
Problemy Tuberkuleza 6: 40-42
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-9533 PMID: 10715958 Document Number: 504982
A hundred and ninety four history cases of inpatients were analyzed to study such clinical and social aspects of active osteoarticular tuberculosis as age-sex structure; a role of residence, occupation, and bad habits in the onset of the disease; the pattern of clinical forms and complications; bacterial isolation rates; the incidence of mixed forms and complications. The major clinical symptoms and outcomes are described.