Diagnosis of Spinal Tuberculosis in Retrovirus Negative Cases: A Case Series
Published: June 1, 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2021/48802.15044
Gayathri Devi
, B Rama Soujanya
, Ashok Kumar Padmanabhan
, SR Mangala Gouri
, M Mahesh
1. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
2. Postgraduate, Department of Microbiology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Orthopaedics, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
4. Professor, Department of Pathology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Gayathri Devi,
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Ramaiah Medical College,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: gayathri_devi2006@rediffmail.com
Spinal Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common destructive form of extrapulmonary TB. The diagnosis of spinal TB is challenging involving combined approach of clinical diagnosis, imaging techniques, detection of Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) in microscopy, histopathology, and culture. This case series reports four patients of spinal TB diagnosed clinically, radiologically and microbiologically that were treated appropriately with standard anti-TB treatment according to Category I daily regimen.
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