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Is spinal tuberculosis contagious? [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
SummaryWhile pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections are recognized for their public health implications, less is known about the infectiousness of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, specifically, spinal tuberculosis or Pott's disease.
Patricia Schirmer, Mark Holodniy
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Spinal Tuberculosis

JBJS Reviews, 2019
* Spinal tuberculosis (STB) is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), accounting for 3.7% of TB cases in the United States.* The most common presentation is chronic back pain, for which the diagnosis of STB can be easily overlooked, leading to the development of neurological deficits and osseous deformities of ...
Ahmed Ali   +3 more
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Spinal tuberculosis in pregnancy

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2008
Treatment with dipirone produced satisfactory results. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with a triple combination of lamivudine (3TC), zidovudine (AZT), and nelfinavir was started concomitantly, as was prophylactic treatment with sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim.
Suchaya, Luewan   +3 more
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Spinal Tuberculosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2002
A 24-year-old woman was treated by the authors for an atypical form of spinal tuberculosis. The patient had simultaneous involvement of T1, T7, and the right ilium. At the T7 level, the anterior and posterior vertebral elements were involved. These findings closely mimicked spinal malignancies. There was no evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Kouzoh, Hasegawa   +3 more
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Atypical spinal tuberculosis

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1984
The familiar picture of spinal tuberculosis is one of destruction of adjacent vertebral bodies and of the intervening disc. There are, however, other patients without these radiographic changes and with no clinical deformity who present with symptoms and signs of compression of the spinal cord or cauda equina.
S S, Babhulkar   +2 more
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Atypical Spinal Tuberculosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2002
Typical spinal tuberculosis is readily diagnosed and treated. Certain atypical clinical and radiologic presentations of spinal tuberculosis are described. Failure to recognize these presentations may lead to delay in diagnosis and initiation of treatment. In some atypical forms of the disease, this may have disastrous consequences.
Ketan C, Pande, Sudhir S, Babhulkar
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Spinal Tuberculosis

Tropical Doctor, 2001
Spinal tuberculosis is an important and potentially crippling disease, but if recognized early and treated energetically it can be brought under control, often with very gratifying results. Knowledge of the exact bacteriology and sensitivity pattern of the organisms involved can be very helpful indeed, and should be sought where possible.
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Spinal Tuberculosis Revisited

Southern Medical Journal, 1985
Although the incidence of tuberculosis is decreasing, spinal tuberculosis is still an important disease. Delay in diagnosis and treatment results in long-term disability. We reviewed our cases of spinal tuberculosis diagnosed between 1975 and 1982, with special reference to those features that permit early diagnosis.
U, Shivaram   +3 more
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