Musculoskeletal tuberculosis revisited: bone and joint tuberculosis in Austria.

Ines VielgutLisa PutzlIngrid ThomüllerJasminka IgrecIva BrcicThomas ValentinUlrike WittigRichard ZettlPatrick SadoghiAndreas LeithnerStefan FischerauerSusanne Scheipl

Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2022)

Musculoskeletal TB should be considered if untypical joint infections or nonspecific bone lesions occur in younger patients with a migration background or in patients with specific risk factors.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
bone mineral density
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv aids
soft tissue
bone loss
postmenopausal women
hepatitis c virus
antiretroviral therapy