Hammoudeh Mohammed, Khanjar Izzat
Department of Rheumatology, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
Rheumatol Int. 2004 Jan;24(1):50-2. doi: 10.1007/s00296-003-0334-z. Epub 2003 May 29.
Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) is still a common problem in developing countries. It is a postprimary manifestation of TB and appears usually with fever, pain, tenderness, and limitation of motion at the involved site. We present a patient with a clinical course very suggestive of seronegative spondyloarthropathy and who had partially responded to sulphasalazine (SSZ) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) but proved later to be a TB case.