ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2013
Bone and joint tuberculosis.
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145 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Study on anterior and posterior approaches for spinal tuberculosis: a meta-analysis.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2015Pooled it
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- Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the wrist: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Establishment of a biosafe murine model of skeletal tuberculosis using Mycobacterium smegmatis.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2026Article
- Tuberculous abscess of the left gluteal region and iliac fossa following transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The impact of miR-221-3p modification by the m6A demethylase ALKBH5 on the inflammatory response in spinal tuberculosis and its diagnostic significance.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Skeletal Tuberculosis: Clinical and Radiological Profile, Management, and Outcomes in a Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- A Rare Case of Tuberculous Osteomyelitis in a Toddler: Diagnostic Clues and Management Approach.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Primary diaphyseal tuberculosis of the tibia, presenting as a pathological fracture - A case report.Trauma case reports · 2025Article
- Tuberculosis of the elbow joint: the complexity of diagnosis and treatment-A case report and review of literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Review
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Abstract
introductionBone and joint tuberculosis has increased in the past two decades in relation with AIDS epidemics. MATERIAL AND
methodsA literature review of bone and joint tuberculosis, focusing on Pott's disease.
resultsBone and joint TB comprises a group of serious infectious diseases whose incidence has increased in the past two decades, especially in underdeveloped countries, in part due to the AIDS epidemic. Tuberculous spinal infections should be suspected in patients with an insidious, progressive history of back pain and in individuals from an endemic area, especially when the thoracic vertebrae are affected and a pattern of bone destruction with relative disc preservation and paravertebral and epidural soft tissue masses are observed. Atypical tuberculous osteoarticular manifestations involving the extraspinal skeleton, a prosthetic joint, or the trochanteric area, and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections should be considered in favorable epidemiological contexts. Surgery combined with prolonged specific antituberculous chemotherapy is mainly indicated in patients with neurological manifestations or deformities, and provides satisfactory results in most cases.
conclusionsSpinal tuberculosis is still a relative common extra spinal manifestation of spinal tuberculosis that requires a high degree of suspicion in order to avoid neurological complications and need of surgery.
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