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Detection and Molecular Characterization of 9000-Year-Old Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the principal etiologic agent of human tuberculosis. It has no environmental reservoir and is believed to have co-evolved with its host over millennia.
Eshed Vered, David E Minnikin, Besra, Gurdyal; id_orcid, Bargal, GK, Mark Spigelman, Bar-Gal Gila Kahila, Donoghue, HD, Hershkovitz Israel, Gernaey, AM, Bar-Gal, GK, Spigelman, M, Vered Eshed, Lemma, E, Galili Ehud, Gernaey Angela M., Minnikin David E., Spigelman Mark, Lemma Eshetu, Eshed, V, Eshetu Lemma, Charles L Greenblatt, Oona Y-C Lee, Lee Oona Y-C., Galili, E, Gurdyal S Besra, Donoghue Helen D., Greenblatt, CL, Besra, GS, Angela M Gernaey, Lee, Oona, Hershkovitz, I, Ehud Galili, Minnikin, DE, Besra Gurdyal S., Minnikin, David, Lee, OYC, Gila Kahila Bar-Gal, Helen D Donoghue, Israel Hershkovitz, Greenblatt Charles L.   +39 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Skipped Multifocal Spinal Tuberculosis Lesions

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2023
Spinal tuberculosis, also known as Pott's disease or tuberculous spondylitis, is usually secondary to primary infection in the lungs or other systems, and in most instances, is thought to be transmitted via blood.
Shibo Na, ZhenShan Lyu, Shaokun Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Hypercalcemia in a Patient With Spinal Tuberculosis and Aspergillus Co‐Infection: A Case‐Report [PDF]

Immun Inflamm Dis
ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading infectious causes of mortality worldwide, may disseminate hematogenously and result in extrapulmonary manifestations. Spinal tuberculosis (ST) is an uncommon but serious form of extrapulmonary TB.
Parsa N, Amlelshahbaz A, Soltani H.
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010
Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the ...
Doo Il Song, Su Ye Sohn, Yun Kyung Kim, So Hee Eun, Young Jun Rhie, Gi Young Jang, Chan Wook Woo, Byung Min Choi, Jung Hwa Lee, Bo Kyung Je   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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   +11 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
doaj   +1 more source

Infliximab-related tubercular spinal epidural abscess without osseous involvement in a patient with Crohn’s disease: A case report

Indian Spine Journal, 2021
Tubercular spinal epidural abscess without osseous involvement is an extremely rare presentation of spinal tuberculosis. We report a case of perianal Crohn’s disease, who developed a tubercular epidural abscess in lumbosacral spine without osseous ...
Phani Kiran Surapuraju, Srinivas M., Subramanian Swaminathan   +2 more
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Early diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis by magnetic resonance: perfusion weighted imaging in a rabbit model

BMC Medical Imaging, 2022
Highlights 1. A rabbit spinal tuberculosis model was established. 2. Various parameters in the early MR-PWI analysis were different in two groups. 3. MR-PWI may provide valuable imaging evidence for diagnosis and treatment of spinal tuberculosis.
Xiaochen Liu, Yunlin Wang, Wenxiao Jia
doaj   +1 more source