Osteoarticular tuberculosis – diagnostic solutions in a disease endemic region
Author(s) -
Vikas Agashe,
Shubhada Shenai,
Ganesh Mohrir,
Minal Deshmukh,
Anita Bhaduri,
Ramesh Deshpande,
Ajita Mehta,
Camilla Rodrigues
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.469
Subject(s) - endemic disease , tuberculosis , endemic diseases , medicine , disease , geography , virology , pathology
We conducted a study of osteoarticular tuberculosis in patients from private and public settings in a disease endemic area. Our objective was to assess the role of mycobacterial culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis (TB) in settings where only clinical and imaging diagnosis form the basis for treatment.
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