ArticleEpidemiology and infection2017
The changing epidemiology of spinal tuberculosis: the influence of international immigration in Catalonia, 1993-2014.
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- A Validated Score for Evaluating Spinal Instability to Assess Surgical Candidacy in Active Spinal Tuberculosis-An Evidence Based Approach and Multinational Expert Consensus Study.Global spine journal · 2023Article
- Comparison between single anterior and single posterior approaches of debridement interbody fusion and fixation for the treatment of mono-segment lumbar spine tuberculosis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Was an Independent Factor of the Severity of Spinal Tuberculosis.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Article
- Effects of migration on tuberculosis epidemiological indicators in low and medium tuberculosis incidence countries: A systematic review.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2021Article
- Candidate Biomarkers to Distinguish Spinal Tuberculosis From Mechanical Back Pain in a Tuberculosis Endemic Setting.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Treatment of Bone and Joint Tuberculosis in France: A Multicentre Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- A man from Morocco and chronic hip pain.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2019Article
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Abstract
The overall incidence of spinal tuberculosis (TB) appears to be stable or declining in most European countries, but with an increasing proportion of cases in the foreign-born populations. We performed a retrospective observational study (1993-2014), including all cases of spinal TB diagnosed at a Barcelona hospital to assess the epidemiological changes. Fifty-four episodes (48·1% males, median age 52 years) of spinal TB were diagnosed. The percentage of foreign-born residents with spinal TB increased from 14% to 45·2% in the last 10 years (P = 0·017). Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis testing in vertebral specimens was 88·2% (15/17) for GeneXpert MTB/RIF. Compared with natives, foreign-born patients were younger (P < 0·01) and required surgery more often (P = 0·003) because of higher percentages of paravertebral abscess (P = 0·038), cord compression (P = 0·05), and persistent neurological sequelae (P = 0·05). In our setting, one-third of spinal TB cases occurred in non-native residents. Compared with natives, foreign-born patients were younger and had greater severity of the disease. The GeneXpert MTB/RIF test may be of value for diagnosing spinal TB.
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