TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITISINMISSAN GOVERNORATE

In this study ,records of 696 patients with different types of tuberculosiswere reviewed. Tuberculous arthritis was recognized in 5.3% of all cases withtuberculosis, a finding that seems to be comparable to or a bit higher than insome other countries. Men were been more affected by tuberculous arthritis thanwomen. Spines were found to be at the top of list of affected joints (43.3%),while , sternoclavicular, wrist, and distal interphalyngeal were found to be theleast affected joints (2.7% for each). Pulmonary tuberculosis was found to be themost common associating disease or risk factors for TB of the joint .