Paradoxical reaction causing tuberculous arthritis and soft-tissue abscess in a non-HIV infected, lymphopenic, vitamin D deficient patient with disseminated tuberculosis. A coincidence or an immunological conundrum?

Joint Bone Spine. 2011 May;78(3):322-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.11.008. Epub 2010 Dec 22.

Authors

Tidi M Hassan, Joseph Keane, Anne-Marie McLaughlin

PMID: 21183378
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.11.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abscess / immunology
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / pathology*
Adult
Arthritis, Infectious / immunology
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
Disease Progression
Female
HIV Seronegativity*
Humans
Knee Joint / immunology
Knee Joint / microbiology
Knee Joint / pathology*
Soft Tissue Infections / etiology
Soft Tissue Infections / microbiology
Soft Tissue Infections / pathology*
Tuberculosis, Miliary / complications
Tuberculosis, Miliary / immunology
Tuberculosis, Miliary / pathology*
Vitamin D Deficiency / immunology
Vitamin D Deficiency / microbiology
Vitamin D Deficiency / pathology*