What Is Spinal Tuberculosis?

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Tip 1 - Spinal tuberculosis: A review

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Fodu 00e 9 Diouf | permalink

Spinal tuberculosis is a destructive form of tuberculosis. It accounts for approximately half of all cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. Spinal tuberculosis is more common in children and young adults. The incidence of spinal tuberculosis is increasing ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184481/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Spinal Tuberculosis: Diagnosis and Management

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dolores Kurza | permalink

The spinal column is involved in less than 1% of all cases of tuberculosis (TB). Spinal TB is a very dangerous type of skeletal TB as it can be associated with neurologic deficit due to compression of adjacent neural structures and significant spinal ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530707/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Tuberculosis of spine

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jill Mc Clellan | permalink

Tuberculosis of the spine is one of the most common spine pathology in India. Over last 4 decades a lot has changed in the diagnosis, medical treatment and surgical procedures to treat this disorder. Further developments in diagnosis using molecular genetic ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075833/ ^[3]