Tuberculous arthritis

Japanese: tuberculous arthritis（英語表記）tuberculousarthritis

…In recent years, fungal infections have occasionally been seen as causative agents of septic arthritis. Tuberculous arthritis is caused by the tuberculosis bacillus, and is divided into two types: synovial type, in which the tuberculosis bacillus first attaches to the synovial membrane inside the joint and begins as tuberculous synovitis, and osseous type, in which the tuberculosis bacillus attaches directly to the bones that make up the joint and destroys them. It occurs most frequently in the hip and knee joints, and is more common in young people. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "tuberculous arthritis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお，化膿性関節炎の起炎菌として近年，真菌によるものもときどきみられる。　結核性関節炎tuberculous arthritisは結核菌によるもので，結核菌が最初関節内の滑膜に付着し結核性滑膜炎として初発する滑膜型と，直接関節を構成する骨に付着し骨を破壊する骨型の2型に分けられる。とくに股関節，膝関節などに多発し，年齢的には若年者に多い。…

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