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: ...

The treatment of bone and spine TB poses unique challenges due to the difficulty in delivering antibiotics to the infected area. Tuberculosis today remains among the top 15 killer diseases that claims ...

A retrospective chart review at the major provincial public hospital serving patients with spinal injuries/pathology. A total of 525 medical records for the period March 2005 to April 2006 were ...

Conference: Lack of standard guidelines to treat bone or spinal tuberculosis (TB) has left doctors at the orthopedic department of the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck national referral hospital (JDWNRH) unclear ...

Spinal tuberculosis, or TB of the spine, is a critical medical condition that demands immediate attention. This infectious disease primarily affects the vertebrae, leading to severe complications if ...

BENGALURU: Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB continues to be on the rise. In many cases, this is leading to tuberculosis of the brain and spine. Experts working in the control room of TB burden in the ...

There were multiple challenges in every step of her operation and also the subsequent treatment. The multi-disciplinary team, led by Neurosurgeon Dr. Rathijit Mitra, used the latest techniques to ...

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 ...

Just as other health care workers, when trained as a nurse, you learn to put your patients first. You always think about their wellbeing and ways of making them feel better. That’s nursing. But ...

At only 27, Francis Ngure was living his dream in 2007. He had a well-paying job, was recently married and a proud father of a two-year-old boy. He was an accountant of a leading Mombasa-based ...