Tuberculosis Osteoarticular Primaria: Reaparición de una Patología Olvidada / Primary osteoarticular tuberculosis: the reappearance of a forgotten pathology
Rev. salud pública
;
9(3): 465-470, jul.-sep. 2007. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-467391
RESUMEN
Presentamos dos casos de infección tuberculosa osteoarticular primaria, uno en el astrágalo y el otro en la columna vertebral, en pacientes aparentemente sanos y sin antecedentes epidemiológicos. Son casos representativos de la tuberculosis osteoarticular primaria, mostrando un aumento gradual en la última década en nuestro país, en pacientes sin alteraciones inmunológicas y sin antecedentes familiares o de contacto.
ABSTRACT
2 cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis infection are presented (one in the talus and the other in the spine) in seemingly healthy patients having no epidemic antecedents. These are representative cases of primary osteoarticular tuberculosis, showing a gradual increase over the last decade in Colombia in patients without immunological alterations and having no family antecedents or history of contact.
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Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. salud pública
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital de la Misericordia/CO
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia/CO
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