The pathogens that cause TB can also affect the joints. (IMAGE)

Eötvös Loránd University

The pathogens that cause TB can also affect the joints.

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The pathogens that cause TB can also affect the joints. The elbow joint in the picture is completely deformed due to the inflammation caused by pyogenic bacterial (possibly Mycobacterial) infection. 

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Photo by Krisztián Kiss (ELTE).

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