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Surgical management and clinical outcome of cervical, thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis in a middle-European adult population

Scientific Reports, 2023
Spinal tuberculosis is due to globalization no longer a disease limited to developing nations. It remains in Germany a rarity and still a difficult diagnosis.
Fatma Kilinc, Matthias Setzer, Bedjan Behmanesh, Daniel Jussen, Florian Geßler, Vincent Prinz, Marcus Czabanka   +6 more
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Management of Tuberculous Infection of the Spine [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2016
Spinal tuberculosis accounts for nearly half of all cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. It is primarily a medical disease and treatment consists of a multidrug regimen for 9–12 months.
Pankaj Kandwal, Vijayaraghavan G., Arvind Jayaswal   +2 more
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Tuberculosis of the foot and ankle in children [PDF]

, 2011
The purpose of our retrospective study is to critically assess the long-term outcome of tuberculosis of the foot and ankle in children and to define an initial classification system that would relate to ...
Maqungo, Sithombo
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Non-contiguous multilevel spinal tuberculosis: A case report of unusual spinal tuberculosis resembling spinal metastasis.

, 2023
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is diagnostically challenging, particularly in atypical forms. Non-contiguous multilevel spinal TB (NMLST) is a rare presentation of spinal TB, mimicking spinal malignancies.
Nafeli, Mohammad, Mohammadi, Mohsen, Tabasi, Farhad, Fard, Salman Abbasi, Jourahmad, Zahra, Pourzand, Pouria   +5 more
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Tuberculosis diagnosis using immunodominant, secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2013
Summary Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in most low-income countries. Hence, rapid and sensitive TB diagnostics play an important role in detecting and preventing the disease. In addition to established diagnostic methods, several
Aliya, Bekmurzayeva, Sypabekova, Marzhan, Kanayeva, Damira, Bekmurzayeva, Aliya   +3 more
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Comparative efficacy of traditional conservative treatment and CT-guided local chemotherapy for mild spinal tuberculosis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background There are considerable differences in the treatment strategy for spinal tuberculosis, including conservative or surgical procedures. Conservative treatment is always suitable for most patients. This study aimed to compare the clinical efficacy
Yangyang Guo, Meitao Xu, Lei Li, Bin Gu, Zehua Zhang, Wenbo Diao   +5 more
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Atypical intradural spinal tuberculosis: report of three cases

, 2003
Objective: To report three cases of intradural spinal tuberculosis ( TB) by calling attention to atypical forms of spinal ...
H Ünalan, O Kizilkiliç, T Tanriverdi, M Hanci, B Oz, UNALAN, Halil İbrahim, Tanrıverdi, Taner, HANCI, Mehmet Murat, M Y Kaynar, KAYNAR, MY, Oz, Bülent, KIZILKILIC, Osman, KAYNAR, Mehmet Yaşar, Oz, B   +13 more
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Atypical spinal tuberculosis: posterior paravertebral spread [PDF]

, 2016
Spinal tuberculosis phenomenon that is an extra pulmonary form of tuberculosis infection, the prognosis of which changes dramatically by early diagnosis and treatment, is still a significant health problem.
Kosar, Sule, Akman, Tarik, Kizildag, Betul, Komurcu, Erkam   +3 more
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Rapid and accurate detection of RMP- and INH- resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in spinal tuberculosis specimens by CapitalBio™ DNA microarray: A prospective validation study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background DNA microarrays can detect tuberculosis and its multi-drug resistant form in M. tuberculosis isolates and sputum specimens with high sensitivity and specificity.
Zhang Zehua, Li Litao, Luo Fei, Cheng Peng, Wu Feng, Wu Zheng, Hou Tianyong, Zhong Min, Xu Jianzhong   +8 more
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Synthetic vertebral body implantation Functional outcome in management of spinal disorders

مجلة كلية الطب, 2016
Background: Synthetic vertebral body replacement has been widely used recently to treat different spinal conditions affecting the anterior column. They arrange from trauma, infections and even tumor conditions Objective: To assess the functional outcome ...
Moneer K. Faraj
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