Bone and joint tuberculosis: phthisis changes course.
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Once a disease is known to be becoming rare, it tends to be forgotten and this may cause diagnostic difficulty. In the United Kingdom this applies to tuberculosis as a whole, the incidence of which continues to decline, and particularly to bone and joint tuberculosis. Our paper, a review of all cases of bone and joint tuberculosis in North Staffordshire over a five-year period, is a reminder that this condition still exists in the United Kingdom, and that it may affect elderly white patients as well as young Asian immigrants.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 58 686 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982