Mycobacterial infection of the hand: clinical features and functional results

J H Lau; S P Chow; A B Stroebel; R J Collins

doi:10.1016/s0072-968x(83)80013-8

Mycobacterial infection of the hand: clinical features and functional results

Hand. 1983 Jun;15(2):192-200. doi: 10.1016/s0072-968x(83)80013-8.

Authors

J H Lau, S P Chow, A B Stroebel, R J Collins

PMID: 6884850
DOI: 10.1016/s0072-968x(83)80013-8

Abstract

The clinical and laboratory features of twenty-eight patients with mycobacterial infection of hand are presented and discussed. Hand function assessment in fourteen patients showed that the majority had satisfactory results. The possibility of atypical mycobacterial infection is emphasised.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child, Preschool
Female
Hand / microbiology*
Hand / pathology
Hand / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections / pathology
Mycobacterium Infections / surgery
Tuberculoma / etiology
Tuberculosis / diagnosis