Bone and joint tuberculosis in Denmark
| Autor: | Bente Autzen, Jens Jorgen Elberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Asia Adolescent Danish population Arthritis Annual incidence Tuberculosis Osteoarticular Joint Tuberculosis Pulmonary tuberculosis Internal medicine medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Emigration and Immigration Middle Aged medicine.disease First generation Surgery Child Preschool Female Osteitis business |
| Zdroj: | Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica. 59(1) |
| ISSN: | 0001-6470 |
| Popis: | Epidemiologic data on 100 patients with bone and joint tuberculosis reported in Denmark from 1980 to 1984 are presented. The annual incidence of skeletal tuberculosis remained unchanged during the period, although most other forms of tuberculosis showed a decreasing trend. Eighteen per cent of all the cases of bone and joint tuberculosis were found among young first generation immigrants, notably from Asia. In the native Danish population, bone and joint tuberculosis was almost exclusively found among the elderly. The lesions were most common in the spine and hip. Thirty per cent of the patients had a previous history of pulmonary tuberculosis. |
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