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Correlation between Serum Level of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 and Postoperative Recurrence of Spinal Tuberculosis in the Chinese Han Population. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
To correlate serum level of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) with postoperative recurrence of spinal tuberculosis in the Chinese Han population.Patients of Han nationality with newly diagnosed spinal tuberculosis were consecutively included in ...
Dan He, Xiaolu Zhang, Qile Gao, Rongfu Huang, Zhansheng Deng, Chaofeng Guo, Qiang Guo, Jia Huang, Hongqi Zhang   +8 more
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A high proportion of caseous necrosis, abscess, and granulation tissue formation in spinal tuberculosis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
The special blood circulation, anatomy, and tissue structure of the spine may lead to significant differences in pathological features and drug resistance between spinal tuberculosis and pulmonary tuberculosis.
Runrui Wu, Shanshan Li, Yadong Liu, Hong Zhang, Dongxu Liu, Yuejiao Liu, Wen Chen, Fenghua Wang   +7 more
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Differential expression analysis of miRNAs in macrophage-derived exosomes in the tuberculosis-infected bone microenvironment

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
BackgroundMacrophages play an important role in regulating the course of spinal tuberculosis within the bone microenvironment. This study aimed to investigate the differential expression of miRNA in macrophage-derived exosomes within the tuberculosis ...
Zhicheng Sun, Xiaoyang Pang, Xiyang Wang, Hao Zeng, Hao Zeng   +4 more
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Spinal Intramedullary Tuberculosis [PDF]

The Surgery Journal, 2017
AbstractTuberculosis of the central nervous system accounts for approximately 1% of all cases of tuberculosis and 50% of these involve the spine. Intramedullary involvement is rare in tuberculosis. Clinical presentation of spinal intramedullary tuberculosis (SIMT) is similar to intramedullary spinal cord tumor. Here, we report the case of a 49-year-old
Prithvi Varghese, Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal, Julio Chacko Kandathil, Iona Leekha Mathew   +3 more
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Identification of spinal tuberculosis subphenotypes using routine clinical data: a study based on unsupervised machine learning

Annals of Medicine, 2023
Objective The identification of spinal tuberculosis subphenotypes is an integral component of precision medicine. However, we lack proper study models to identify subphenotypes in patients with spinal tuberculosis.
Yuanlin Yao, Shaofeng Wu, Chong Liu, Chenxing Zhou, Jichong Zhu, Tianyou Chen, Chengqian Huang, Sitan Feng, Bin Zhang, Siling Wu, Fengzhi Ma, Lu Liu, Xinli Zhan   +12 more
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Functional Outcomes in Spinal Tuberculosis: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2021
Spinal tuberculosis often leads to neurological deficit and subsequent deterioration in functional outcomes. This review assesses the recent evidence on functional outcomes in spinal tuberculosis, highlighting functional recovery, assessment tools for ...
Lionelson Norbert Yong, Fatimah Ahmedy, Khin Nyein Yin, Julia Patrick Engkasan   +3 more
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[Spinal tuberculosis]. [PDF]

Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego, 1997
The cases of 32-year-old man and 42-year-old women are presented. Their history illustrates difficulties in the diagnosis of tuberculosis of the vertebral column. The patients suffered significant pains in the lumbar region lasting one year. Despite the presence of some abnormalities in lumbar vertebrae on x-rays no examinations were ever performed to ...
P, Remiszewski, B, Burakowska, E, Decker
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Single cervical spinal extramedullary tuberculous lesion in a young female – case report [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2021
Skeletal tuberculosis is the main extrapulmonary site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection disemination. As for the nervous sistem tuberculosis or spinal tuberculous disease in particular, the osseos elements are more frequently involved than the ...
Alexandra Bibirita, Alexandru Nicolae, Adrian Dumitru, Daniel Mihai Teleanu   +3 more
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Analysis of the diagnostic efficacy of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay for preoperative differential diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundDifferential diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis is important for the clinical management of patients, especially in populations with spinal bone destruction.
Xiaojiang Hu, Xiaojiang Hu, Hongqi Zhang, Hongqi Zhang, Yanbin Li, Yanbin Li, Guang Zhang, Guang Zhang, Bo Tang, Bo Tang, Dongcheng Xu, Dongcheng Xu, Mingxing Tang, Mingxing Tang, Chaofeng Guo, Chaofeng Guo, Shaohua Liu, Shaohua Liu, Qile Gao, Qile Gao   +19 more
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Biomechanics of extreme lateral interbody fusion with different internal fixation methods: a finite element analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Establishing a normal L3–5 model and using finite element analysis to explore the biomechanical characteristics of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) with different internal fixation methods.
Xiao-hua Li, Li-jun She, Wei Zhang, Xiao-dong Cheng, Jin-peng Fan   +4 more
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