BACKGROUND The treatment of end-stage tuberculosis (TB) of the knee remains a significant clinical challenge, and clinical data are lacking. This study aimed to retrospectively determine the outcome of single-stage knee arthrodesis with a unilateral external fixator combined with cannulated screws for the treatment of end-stage TB. METHODS Twenty-six patients with end-stage knee TB were treat...

The ten-year result of a knee arthroplasty performed in the presence of active tuberculous infection of the knee is presented. This case suggests that it is feasible to obtain a satisfactory outcome in these circumstances provided the diagnosis is established and adequate postoperative antituberculosis chemotherapy is given. Case report. In September 1980 a 67-year-old man with generalised rheu...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of an intra-articular presentation of stress (heat shock) proteins (hsp) on joint inflammation. METHODS Wistar rats were sensitised with a suspension of heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in oil in the scruff of the neck and challenged intra-articularly with stress protein or M tuberculosis preparations. Inflammation was assessed by joint swelling and, usin...

Musculoskeletal tuberculosis manifest commonly in the spine, hip and knee and rarely in the hand and wrist. Certain factors influence the functional outcome after treatment of tuberculosis of the upper extremity namely location (proximal or distal), tissue involvement, delay prior to consult, care by a multispecialty team and early surgery. Appropriate drug therapy is the mainstay in the manage...

Aim: To report a case of concurrent tuberculous and bacterial arthritis in chronic tophaceous gout. Presentation of the Case: A 59-year old Filipino male patient consulted for sensorial changes with four-month progressive swelling of the right knee draining non-foul smelling yellowish discharge with chalky material. He eventually had arthrocentesis of right knee. Blood cultures were all negativ...

Mycobacterium other than tuberculosis infections rarely develop in healthy individuals, but direct inoculation such as contaminated acupuncture can cause mycobacteriosis even in an immunocompetent host. A 56-year-old woman gradually developed pain on the anterior aspect of the left knee and the distal thigh after hiking without trauma. She received acupuncture for 3 consecutive days on the bila...

purpose: over the past 20 years, the center of pressure (cop) has been commonly used as an index of postural stability in standing. while many studies investigated cop excursions in patients with knee osteoarthritis and healthy individuals, no comprehensive analysis of the differences in their postural sway pattern exists. the present study aimed to review the previously published studies conce...