Suitability of High-resolution Ultrasound-guided Puncture in the Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Mass Infected With Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Reumatol Clin. May-Jun 2018;14(3):171-172. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.12.005. Epub 2017 Feb 13.

[Article in En, Spanish]

Authors

Hèctor Corominas¹, Dèlia Reina², Vicenç Torrente-Segarra², Cristina Chico³, Vanessa Antón³, Paula Estrada², Vanessa Navarro²

Affiliations

¹ Servei de Reumatologia, Hospital Moisès Broggi/Hospital General de L'Hospitalet, Consorci Sanitari Integral (CSI), Sant Joan Despí/L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: hcoromin@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Servei de Reumatologia, Hospital Moisès Broggi/Hospital General de L'Hospitalet, Consorci Sanitari Integral (CSI), Sant Joan Despí/L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, España.
³ Servei de Medicina Interna, Hospital Moisès Broggi/Hospital General de L'Hospitalet, Consorci Sanitari Integral (CSI), Sant Joan Despí/L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, España.

PMID: 28209397
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.12.005

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnostic imaging*
Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy
Body Fluids / microbiology
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Punctures*
Soft Tissue Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Soft Tissue Infections / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnostic imaging*
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
Ultrasonography, Interventional*
Wrist / microbiology*

Substances

Antitubercular Agents