Medical management of spinal tuberculosis: An experience from Pakistan

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Bakhsh, Ahmed ^a  

^a SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

medical treatment; new antituberculosis drugs; spine; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955013489     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d58c3c     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Louw JA. Spinal tuberculosis with neurological deficit. Bone Joint Surg Br 1990;72:686-693
2. Chan ED, Iseman SD. Current medical treatment for tuberculosis. BMJ 2002;325:1282-1286
3. Fanning A. Tuberculosis: 6. Extra pulmonary disease. CMAJ 1999;160: 1597-1603
4. Wasay M, Arif H, Khaealani B, et al. Neuroimaging of tuberculous myelitis: analysis of ten cases and review of literature. J Neuroimaging 2006;16:197-205.
5. Gautam MP, Karki P, Rijal S, et al. Potts spine and paraplegia. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2005;44:106-115
6. MRC. A 15 year's assessment of controlled trials of the management of tuberculosis of the spine in Korea and Hong Kong. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1998;80:456-462
7. Jutte PC, Van Loenhout-Rooyackers JH. Routine surgery in addition to chemotherapy for treating spinal tuberculosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006;(1):CD004532.
8. Sinan T, Al-Khawari H, Ismail M, et al. Spinal tuberculosis: CT and MRI features. Ann Saudi Med 2004;24:437-441
9. Shanmugasundaram TK. Bone and joint tuberculosis- guidelines for management. Indian J Orthop 2005;39:195-198
10. Moorthy S, Prabhu NK. Spectrum of MR imaging findings in spinal tuberculosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2002;179:979-983
11. Khorvash F, Javadi AA, Izadi M. Spinal tuberculosis: a major public health hazard in Isfahan. Pak. J Biol Sci 2007;10:3400-3407
12. Shanley DJ. Tuberculosis of the spine: imaging features. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1995;164:659-664
13. Moghtaderi A, Alavi-Naini R, Rahimi-Movagar V. Tuberculous myelopathy: current aspects of neurological sequels in the southeast of Iran. Acta Neurol Scand 2006;113:267-272
14. Desai SS. Early diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis by MRI. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1994;76:863-869
15. Quinones-Hinojosa A, Jun P, Jacobs R, et al. General principals in the medical and surgical management of infections: a multidisciplinary approach. Neurosurg. Focus 2004;17:E1.
16. Jung NY, Jee WH, Ha KY, et al. Discrimination of tuberculous spondylitis from pyogenic spondylitis on MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2004;182:1405-1410
17. Cormican L, Hammal R, Messenger J, et al. Current difficulties in the diagnosis and management of spinal tuberculosis. Postgrad Med J 2006;82:46-51.
18. Colmenero JD, Jimenez-Mejias ME, Sanchez-Lora FJ, et al. Pyogenic, tuberculous, and brucellar vertebral osteomyelitis: a descriptive and comparative study of 219 cases. Ann Rheum Dis 1997;56:709-715
19. Joseffer SS, Cooper PR. Modern imaging of spinal tuberculosis. J Neurosurg Spine 2005;2:145-150
20. Tuli SM. Treatment of neurological complications in tuberculosis of spine. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1969;51:680-692
21. McLain RF, Isada C. Spinal tuberculosis deserves a place on the radar screen. Cleve Clin J Med 2004;71:537-539
22. Lifeso RM, Weaver P, Harder EH. Tuberculous spondylitis in adults. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1985;67:1405-1413
23. Ramachandran S, Clifton IJ, Collyns TA, et al. The treatment of spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2005;9:541-544
24. Hoffman EB, Crosier JH, Cremin BJ. Imaging in children with spinal tuberculosis. A comparison of radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1993;75:233-239
25. Katoch VM. Newer diagnostic techniques for tuberculosis. Indian J Med Res 2004;120:418-428
26. Saltini C. Direct amplification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis deoxyribonucleic acid in paucibacillary tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 1998;11:1215-1217
27. Toe EL, Peh WC. Imaging of tuberculosis of the spine. Singapore Med J 2004;45:439-444
28. Nussbaum ES, Rockswold GL, Bergman TA, et al. Spinal tuberculosis: a diagnostic and management challenge. J Neurosurg 1995;83:243-247
29. Khattry N, Thulkar S, Das A, et al. Spinal tuberculosis mimicking malignancy: atypical imaging features. Indian J Pediatr 2007;74:297-298
30. Carey ME. Infections of the spine and spinal cord. In: Youmans JR, ed. Neurological Surgery. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 1996:3270-3304
31. Kotil K, Alan MS, Bilge T. Medical management of Pott disease in the thoracic and lumbar spine: a prospective clinical study. J Neurosurg Spine 2007;6:222-228
32. Hazra A, Laha B. Chemotherapy of osteoarticular tuberculosis. Indian J Pharmacol 2005;37:5-12.
33. American Thoracic Society. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Diseases Society of America. Treatment of tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;167:603-662
34. O'Brien RJ. Nunn CP. The need for new drugs against tuberculosis. Obstacles, opportunities and next steps. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163: 1055-1058
35. Martin C. The dream of a vaccine against tuberculosis; new vaccines improving or replacing BCG. Eur Respir J 2005;26:162-167
36. The role of BCG vaccine in the prevention and control of tuberculosis in the United States. A joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep 1996;45:1-18.