Chronic knee stiffness and swelling in a Zimbabwean adolescent.
N Mangeya;
AT Mafukidze;
R Makunike-Mutasa;
A Makoni;
RF Miller;
EL Corbett ;
RA Ferrand ;
(2009)
Chronic knee stiffness and swelling in a Zimbabwean adolescent.
International journal of STD & AIDS, 20 (1).
pp. 63-64.
ISSN 0956-4624
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008239
A 12-year-old Zimbabwean girl presented with tuberculous monoarthritis. She was moderately wasted, stunted and sexually immature. These clinical findings lead to the diagnosis of underlying HIV infection, which was thought to have been acquired from mother-to-child transmission.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, diagnosis, Child, Chronic Disease, Female, Growth Disorders, complications, HIV Infections, complications, diagnosis, Humans, Joint Diseases, complications, diagnosis, Knee Joint, pathology, Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular, complications, diagnosis, Zimbabwe |
ISI | 262962500017 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-3181
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-9176