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ArticleAccess microbiology2021

Secondary anaerobic infection in a case of multidrug resistant tubercular paraspinal abscess: A rare presentation.

Priya Sreenivasan, Bhawna Sharma, Apinderpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh Kataria, Pallab Ray, Archana Angrup

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Article in Access microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Priya SreenivasanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-7910
Bhawna SharmaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Apinderpreet SinghDepartment of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Mandeep Singh KatariaDepartment of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3346-5811
Pallab RayDepartment of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3369-2640
Archana AngrupDepartment of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9051-3007
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionParaspinal abscesses are most commonly caused by CASE REPORT: A type I diabetes mellitus patient presented with chronic backache and lower limb weakness and radiological investigations showed paraspinal collections suggestive of tuberculosis. The patient was then started on anti-tubercular drugs, she initially responded and then showed gradual deterioration in the form of increased pain, fever and pus discharge. Aerobic cultures of pus were sterile and anaerobic culture grew

conclusionSuspicion about co-infection with aerobic or anaerobic bacteria should be high even in proven cases of tubercular paraspinal abscess not improving despite proper anti-tubercular therapy.

Indexed as

multidrug resistant tuberculosisparaspinal abscessPeptoniphilus asaccharolyticus

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PMID34888482
PMCPMC8650847
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