Rapid diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculous osteoarthritis by real-time polymerase chain reaction on bone tissue

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Feb;30(2):184. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820243f3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Bone and Bones / microbiology
  • Child
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteoarthritis / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Time Factors
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / microbiology