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We describe 4 female patients with diverse connective tissue diseases who developed tuberculous arthritis concurrently with their underlying disease, in the absence of lung involvement. Throughout, diagnosis was delayed but later confirmed by detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in synovial membrane culture. Two patients died of unrelated causes, while the other 2 recovered with chronic joint sequelae. Despite the rarity of this association, M. tuberculosis infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic mono or oligoarthritis in patients with connective tissue diseases.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Tuberculous arthritis in the course of connective tissue disease: Report of 4 cases
Autor:Stecher, D.R.; Gusis, S.E.; Maldonado Cocco, J.A.
Filiación:Seccion Reumatologia, Instituto Nac. de Rehabilitacion, Echeverria 955, 1428-Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:connective tissue disease; mixed connective tissue disease; rheumatoid arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; tuberculous arthritis; cyclophosphamide; isoniazid; prednisone; pyrazinamide; rifampicin; adult; article; case report; female; human; mixed connective tissue disease; priority journal; rheumatoid arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; tuberculous arthritis; Adult; Case Report; Connective Tissue Diseases; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Human; Middle Age; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Synovial Membrane; Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular
Año:1992
Volumen:19
Número:9
Página de inicio:1418
Página de fin:1420
Título revista:Journal of Rheumatology
Título revista abreviado:J. RHEUMATOL.
ISSN:0315162X
CODEN:JRHUA
CAS:cyclophosphamide, 50-18-0; isoniazid, 54-85-3, 62229-51-0, 65979-32-0; prednisone, 53-03-2; pyrazinamide, 98-96-4; rifampicin, 13292-46-1
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Stecher, D.R., Gusis, S.E. & Maldonado Cocco, J.A. (1992) . Tuberculous arthritis in the course of connective tissue disease: Report of 4 cases. Journal of Rheumatology, 19(9), 1418-1420.
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Stecher, D.R., Gusis, S.E., Maldonado Cocco, J.A. "Tuberculous arthritis in the course of connective tissue disease: Report of 4 cases" . Journal of Rheumatology 19, no. 9 (1992) : 1418-1420.
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Stecher, D.R., Gusis, S.E., Maldonado Cocco, J.A. "Tuberculous arthritis in the course of connective tissue disease: Report of 4 cases" . Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 19, no. 9, 1992, pp. 1418-1420.
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Stecher, D.R., Gusis, S.E., Maldonado Cocco, J.A. Tuberculous arthritis in the course of connective tissue disease: Report of 4 cases. J. RHEUMATOL. 1992;19(9):1418-1420.
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