Tuberculosis of the calcaneus in children

Osteoarticular tuberculosis represents 1.7–2% of all tuberculosis (TB). The localization in the foot is rare and accounts for less than 10% of osteoarticular TB. The following report describes the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with a gradually increasing inflammatory swelling over the later...

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Main Authors: Lamiae Chater, Mounir Arroud, Moulay Abderrahmane Afifi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2014;volume=3;issue=1;spage=57;epage=59;aulast=Chater