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Tuberculous Osteomyelitis

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Tuberculous osteomyelitis without joint involvement is a disease well described in the classic studies; its incidence was high during the “wild tuberculosis” era [Sorrel and Sorrel-Dejerine (1932) reported 649 cases in a series of 4660 children with tuberculosis]. It was less frequent in adults during the same period. Sorrel and Sorrel-Dejerine (1932) reported only 40 cases of 1918 adults with tuberculosis (2%).

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  1. Institut national d’enseignement supérieur en sciences médicales d’Alger, Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Blida, Tipaza, Algérie

    Michel Martini (Professeur de chirurgie orthopédique, Chef du service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique Hôpital de Douera) (Professeur de chirurgie orthopédique, Chef du service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique Hôpital de Douera)

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Martini, M., Boudjemaa, A. (1988). Tuberculous Osteomyelitis. In: Martini, M. (eds) Tuberculosis of the Bones and Joints. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61358-6_9

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