Knee Tuberculosis: a challenge in diagnosis and treatment

• Main Authors: Muhammad Wafiuddin Ahmad, Ahmad Faizal Roslan, Ahmad Hafiz Zulkifly
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2021
• Subjects: RC306-320.5 Tuberculosis; RD520-599.5 Surgery by region, system, or organ
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30446/1/Knee%20Tuberculosis_%20A%20Challenge%20in%20Diagnosis%20and%20Treatment%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30446/2/Knee%20Tuberculosis_%20A%20Challenge%20in%20Diagnosis%20and%20Treatment%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30446/; https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/bjms/article/view/2271/1913

Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease dated back from ancient Greece time. Once rare in developed countries, now it has re-emerged due to immigration and secondary immunodeficiency. A 27-year-old lady had left knee pain for the past 4 years, went for knee diagnostic arthroscopy procedure, and diag...