While pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections are recognized for their public health implications, less is known about the infectiousness of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, specifically, spinal tuberculosis or Pott’s disease. We present a case of spinal tuberculosis with concomitant active pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of chest radiographic abnormalities or symptoms, and review the literature regarding infectiousness of concomitant spinal and pulmonary tuberculosis
Keywords : abnormalities,complications,Culture Media,diagnostic imaging,Humans,Infection Control,isolation & purification,Male,methods,microbiology,Middle Aged,Mycobacterium,Mycobacterium tuberculosis,physiology,Radiography,Sputum,transmission,Tuberculosis,Tuberculosis,Pulmonary,Tuberculosis,Spinal,, Spinal,Tuberculosis,Contagious?, fibromyalgia trigger points self test
Date of Publication : 2010 Aug
Authors : Schirmer P;Renault CA;Holodniy M;
Organisation : VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. pschirme@stanford.edu
Journal of Publication : Int J Infect Dis
Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181507
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