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. 2011 Apr 21;20(4):459–461. doi: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00037

Lumbo-sacral spine disease due to bovine tuberculosis in a patient with concurrent pulmonary disease

Nawaid Ahmad 1,*, Koottalai Srinivasan 2, Jeannette Panayi 3, Harmesh Moudgil 2
PMCID: PMC6549873  PMID: 21509414

Abstract

Summary

Lumbo-sacral spinal disease due to bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a patient with concurrent pulmonary disease is rare. We report this unpredicted finding in an immunocompetent patient and discuss the natural history in an area of low prevalence.

Keywords: tuberculosis, bone disease, spine, infectious diseases and infestations, microbiology

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in relation to this article.


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