Cause analysis for delayed diagnosis of joint tuberculosis

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical characteristic of joint tuberculosis patients in order to improve the diagnosis of the joint tuberculosis. Methods The clinical data of 109 joint tuberculosis patients admitted to Shenzhen the third people's hospital of orthopedics for treatment were collected and retrospectively analyzed. Results The joint tuberculosis frequently urred in young and middle aged adults in this group (85.32%, 93/109)); 55 cases (50.46%, 55/109)were secondary to tuberculosis; the lesions were found mainly in knee 41.28%（45/109）cases, ankle14.68%(16/109) cases and hip 12.84%（14/109）cases . The major clinical manifestations were local pain and limited activity. The initial misdiagnosis rate of joint tuberculosis patients was 74.31%(81/109). The joint tuberculosis was confirmed relying on the symptoms and signs, laboratory tests, imaging examination, other involvement of tuberculosis, abscess puncture, laboratory examination, surgical biopsy and efficiency of diagnostic anti-tuberculosis treatment. Finally, 16 cases were cured by anti-tuberculosis drugs and 66 cases were cured by surgery, with the cure rate of 100%. Conclusion Non-obvious early clinical manifestation, nondeterminacy of laboratory examination, limitation of imaging examination are the main reasons of misdiagnosis for joint tuberculosis. Comprehensive utilization of various tuberculosis specialized examination and the diagnostic anti-tuberculosis treatment are still the basic method for the diagnosis and treatment of joint tuberculosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Joint, Diagnosis

MA Ke, LIU Jin-zhu, LIU Jing, ZHOU Zhen-zhong. Cause analysis for delayed diagnosis of joint tuberculosis[J]. Electronic Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, 2(3): 172-174.

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