Challenges and controversies in the treatment of spinal tuberculosis

Challenges and controversies in the treatment of spinal tuberculosis

Current guidelines regarding management of spinal TB are mostly extrapolated from trials on pulmonary disease. Since the British Medical Research Council (BMRC) trials in the 1970s, there are not many good quality studies that substantiate best practice guidelines for the management of this entity....

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Main Authors: Aakriti Pandita, Nikhil Madhuripan, Saptak Pandita, Rocio M. Hurtado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Subjects:
Pott disease
Spinal TB
Tuberculosis treatment
Osseous TB
Extrapulmonary TB
Tubercular osteomyelitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579420300097

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