Tuberculosis as a Late Complication of Total Hip Replacement
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- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 48 (5) , 508-510
Abstract
A case of tuberculosis developing in a hip joint which had undergone total prosthetic replacement arthroplasty 7 years previously is described. The patient had no manifestation of active systemic tuberculosis although calcified mesenteric nodes were noted on abdominal X-ray. It is assumed that hip joint infection occurred during a bacteraemia following activation of a latent tuberculous focus in the mesenteric lymph nodes.Keywords
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