BONE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE SPINE - ORTHOPEDIC DISEASES

Tuberculosis of the spine



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Bone sputum tuberculosis, also called Pott's disease , is the most common type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and can reach several vertebrae at the same time, causing severe and disabling symptoms. Your treatment includes antibiotics, physical therapy and sometimes surgery. The disease occurs when Koch's Bacillus passes into the blood and lodges in the spine, preferably in the last thoracic or lumbar vertebrae