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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
New HIV/AIDS co-infection findings from University of Bern published
July 29th, 2008
"Skeletal tuberculosis is now uncommon in developed countries. In immunocompromised patients - particularly in the HIV-infected - who present with subacute or chronic joint pain refractory to conventional treatment, osteoarticutar tuberculosis should still be included in the differential diagnosis," researchers in Bern, Switzerland report. "We report on a lethal case of disseminated tuberculosis in an HIV-infected subject. Dissemination may have resulted from the implantation of an articular prosthesis in a knee joint with unsuspected osteoarticutar tuberculosis. The diagnosis was established months later when the patient presented with far-advanced tuberculous...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-29)
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