M . tuberculosis prosthetic joint infection rare but possible in some patients

Although prosthetic joint infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare, they may occur in immunocompromised patients or in people from regions where tuberculosis is endemic, researchers reported in a recent study. Such infections are uncommon, “clinical suspicion should be raised in those with epidemiologic and clinical risk factors for active tuberculosis infection, and may

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