Objective: To report three cases of intradural spinal tuberculosis (TB) by calling attention to atypical forms of spinal TB. Setting: A University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Methods: ...

World Tuberculosis Day is observed on March 24 across the world. The day is meant to raise awareness about tuberculosis and how early detection can help in curing the disease effectively. Generally ...

Report of three unusual cases of coexisting spondylolisthesis and tuberculosis in the same patient. This communication reports the outcome of three cases where there was spondylolisthesis and spinal ...

According to the current estimates of WHO, tuberculosis kills almost three million people worldwide. The shocking part is that India alone has one-fifth of the total world population of TB patients.

When as a spine surgeon I told one of my patients that she was suffering from tuberculosis, she freaked out and argued, “Are you kidding me doc? Tuberculosis is related to lungs and you are a spine ...

As the world gets observed Tuberculosis Day on March 24, health experts on Wednesday said cases of spinal and genital TB have doubled in India due to lack of awareness. According to doctors, while the ...

Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a condition that can quietly progress, especially when early symptoms are ignored. Among adolescents, increasingly sedentary lifestyles, often a result of extended screen ...

Tuberculosis of the spine, also known as Pott’s disease, is a form of extrapulmonary TB caused by a bacteria that spreads from the lungs to the spine through the bloodstream. It affects the vertebrae ...

Incidence of TB, including spinal TB, is intricately linked to poverty. Adding to the woes of the disease is lack of drug therapy compliance, stated experts from Vikram Hospital. India hosts about one ...

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, city doctors have said that spinal TB could often be confused with arthritis and delay in diagnosis or treatment could lead to severe problems including paraplegia On ...