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Mycobacterium kansasii arthritis of the knee joint
American Journal of Diseases of Children (1960)
|May 1, 1977
Abstract:
Mycobacterium kansasii infection of the knee joint was diagnosed in an 11-year-old boy on the basis of skin testing to atypical mycobacteria, and a positive culture from a synovial tissur biopsy. Appropriate antituberculose drugs shoud be institute as sole treatment if no bony destruction is present. Ifthere is no response to chemtherapy, synovectomy should be performed.

