Swelling of hand and forearm caused by Mycobacterium bovis |
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| Authors: | du Buf-Vereijken P W van der Ven A J Meis J F Lemmens J A van der Meer J W |
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| Affiliation: | Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | A 75-year-old native Dutch farmer presented with a painless swelling of his right hand extending into his forearm, accompanied by general malaise and low grade fever. His medical history revealed coxitis tuberculosa in 1954 and injury of the same hand in 1978. His present swelling appeared to be caused by Mycobacterium bovis, probably due to endogenous reactivation. Whether the mycobacteria reached the hand hematogenously or were directly inoculated at the time of injury of his hand in 1978 remains unclear. |
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