Oxford University Press, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 4(61), p. 554-562, 2015
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ326
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BACKGROUND: Information on bone-joint tuberculosis (BJ-TB) is mainly based on data from high incidence areas. We conducted a nationwide register-based analysis of BJ-TB in Denmark during 1994-2011. METHODS: We linked data from the national TB surveillance system on BJ-TB, hospital records, the Danish Hospital and Civil Registration Registry. RESULTS: We identified 282 patients with BJ-TB, 3.6% of all TB cases (n=7936). Spinal TB constituted 153/282 (54.3%); immigrants comprised 83.3% of all cases. Danes were older and had higher Charlson Comorbidity Index score than immigrants (p