Imperial College London
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Mr(Dr) Chinmay Gupte

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Reader in Orthopaedics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 8846 1234 ext 15215c.gupte00 Website

 
 
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Location

 

Charing Cross Hospital 7 East wingCharing Cross HospitalCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Opara:2007:10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18462,
author = {Opara, TN and Gupte, CM and Liyanage, SH and Poole, S and Beverly, MC},
doi = {10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18462},
journal = {J Bone Joint Surg Br},
pages = {664--666},
title = {Tuberculous arthritis of the knee with Staphylococcus superinfection.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18462},
volume = {89},
year = {2007}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We describe a case of septic arthritis of the knee in which the diagnosis of tuberculosis was masked by an initial culture growth of Staphylococcus aureus. This led to a delay in diagnosis and an adverse outcome. In the appropriate clinical setting, we suggest that the index of suspicion for skeletal tuberculosis be raised in developed countries in order to avoid diagnostic delay, by requesting cultures for acid-fast bacilli and synovial biopsies at arthroscopy. Moreover, antituberculosis therapy should be started whilst awaiting the results of culture if the clinical history and biopsies are strongly suggestive of the diagnosis.
AU  - Opara,TN
AU  - Gupte,CM
AU  - Liyanage,SH
AU  - Poole,S
AU  - Beverly,MC
DO  - 10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18462
EP  - 666
PY  - 2007///
SN  - 0301-620X
SP  - 664
TI  - Tuberculous arthritis of the knee with Staphylococcus superinfection.
T2  - J Bone Joint Surg Br
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18462
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17540755
VL  - 89
ER  -
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