Spinal Tuberculosis: Clinicoradiological Findings in 274 Patients
Author(s) -
Suzaan Marais,
Izanne Roos,
Ayesha Mitha,
Sepelong J Mabusha,
Vinod Patel,
Ahmed I. Bhigjee
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy020
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , spondylitis , myelitis , tuberculoma , myelopathy , coinfection , mycobacterium tuberculosis , surgery , pathology , spinal cord , ankylosing spondylitis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , psychiatry
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major cause of myelopathy and radiculopathy in settings with a high prevalence of tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. However, a paucity of publications exists on the spectrum of neurological and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of spinal tuberculosis in these populations.
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