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HIP International. 2004;14(4):258-261.
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Haematogenous Spread of Pulmonary Tuberculosis to a Hemiarthroplasty of the Hip
Deo H, Clare A, Khan F.Hip
Tuberculosis (TB) in a joint arthroplasty is unusual, and is usually due to reactivation from a previously infected joint or rarely from endogenous spread. We present a patient with septic loosening of a cemented Thompson’s hemiarthroplasty due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection seven years post-operatively. At the time of surgery he had no symptoms or signs of TB. There have been no such reported cases in the English medical literature.
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