Diagnosis of Spinal Tuberculosis in Retrovirus Negative Cases: A Case Series
DR01-DR03
Correspondence
Dr. Gayathri Devi,
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Ramaiah Medical College,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: gayathri_devi2006@rediffmail.com
Spinal Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common destructive form of extrapulmonary TB. The diagnosis of spinal TB is challenging involving combined approach of clinical diagnosis, imaging techniques, detection of Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) in microscopy, histopathology, and culture. This case series reports four patients of spinal TB diagnosed clinically, radiologically and microbiologically that were treated appropriately with standard anti-TB treatment according to Category I daily regimen.