Tuberculous coxitis with trochanteric bursitis manifesting a year after immigration to Germany: a case report

Abstract Background Osteoarticular tuberculosis is rare in Germany. In particular, trochanteric bursitis is an extremely rare manifestation of osteoarticular tuberculosis. We describe a case of tuberculous coxitis with trochanteric bursitis, successfully treated with a fourfold tuberculostatic thera...

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Main Authors: Georgios Sogkas, Anna Holz, Elke Riechers, Florian Länger, Christian von Falck, Reinhold Ernst Schmidt, Torsten Witte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1867-9