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  Vol. 131 No. 5, May 1977 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Mycobacterium kansasii arthritis of the knee joint

P. Saphyakhajon, D. Mukhopadhyay, P. Spiegal and B. J. Grossman

Mycobacterium kansasii infection of the knee joint was diagnosed in an 11-year-old boy on the basis of skin testing to atypical mycobacteria, and a positive culture from a synovial tissur biopsy. Appropriate antituberculose drugs shoud be institute as sole treatment if no bony destruction is present. Ifthere is no response to chemtherapy, synovectomy should be performed.





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