Extract
Instances of prosthetic joint infection due to Mycobacterium
tuberculosis have been reported in the
literature1-5;
however, it is extremely rare to find tuberculosis causing deep infection
around fracture-fixation implants. We report the clinical presentations and
outcomes of five such cases that were treated at the University College of
Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India, between 1992 and
2004. There was no history of clinical manifestations of tuberculosis and no
evidence of a pulmonary primary focus of the infection in these patients at
the time of initial fracture treatment. The patients were informed that data
concerning these cases would be submitted for publication.