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Reported cases of tuberculous knee arthritis in children |
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| Author (reference) |
Number of Cases |
Number with joint/bone infection only |
Appendicular joints involved |
Presentation age |
Diagnosis of tuberculosis |
Chest radiograph |
Skin test |
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| Southwood (18) |
1 |
1 |
Knees, ankles |
2 years |
Positive culture from bone |
Hilar adenopathy; no parenchymal involvement |
Positive |
| Jacobs (14) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
4 years |
Histopathology (giant cells); cultures and stains for TB negative |
Not stated |
Initially negative then positive |
| Jacobs (14) |
1 |
0 |
Knee |
8 months |
Positive synovial fluid culture |
Positive |
Initially negative then positive |
| Haygood (12) |
45 |
Unknown |
Hip – 18 Knee – 17 Ankle – 5 Shoulder – 2 Midfoot, elbow, wrist, hand – 1 each |
6 months to 19 years |
Positive culture, histopathology and/or guinea pig inoculation |
Not stated |
Not stated |
| Al-Matar (7) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
2 years |
Positive culture and histopathology |
Normal |
Positive |
| Al-Matar (7) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
6 years |
Positive culture and histopathology |
Normal |
Positive |
| Hoffman (13) |
52 |
24 |
Knees |
8 months to 13 years |
Predominantly histopathologic but details not stated |
Normal in 24 (47%) |
91% Positive |
| Sawhney (17) |
1 |
1 |
Knees, elbow, shoulder |
13 years |
Positive culture, polymerase chain reaction and histopathology |
Normal |
Positive |
| Aloui (8) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
1 year |
Histopathology of bone lesion |
Normal |
Negative |
| Aloui (8) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
2 years |
Histopathology and positive culture of bone lesion |
Normal |
Not stated |
| Uzel (19) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
9 years |
Synovial histopathology; cultures negative |
Normal |
Positive |
| Rajakumar (present case) |
1 |
1 |
Knee |
2 years |
Synovial fluid culture |
Normal |
Initially negative then positive |
Rajakumar and Rosenberg Pediatric Rheumatology 2008 6:15 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-15 |
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