Abstract:Background: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health concern and burden on developing countries economy. Pakistan ranks in top 10 countries of the world with high load of TB and a big chunk of this disease process is extra pulmonary TB (EPTB). Among extra pulmonary sites, is bone and joint TB is very common yet under reported. Recent literature has found up to 35% of all extra pulmonary cases are bone and joint TB. Purpose: We aim to do an analysis of frequency of bone and joint TB in our inst… Show more
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