| Literature DB >> 16906254 |
Fernando Crivelenti Vilar1, Fábio Fernandes Neves, Jeová Keny Baima Colares, Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca.
Abstract
Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious disease worldwide, with 3,9 million reported cases in the world in 2002. The skeletal form is responsible for 3% of the total number of cases, with 50% of these due to spinal tuberculosis. The psoas abscess is a rare clinical entity with approximately 12 cases per year described in the medical literature and has in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis , one of its etiologic agents. The objective of this work is to report two cases of spinal tuberculosis associated with psoas abscess attended at our service, as well as a review of the literature.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16906254 DOI： 10.1590/s0037-86822006000300011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop ISSN： 0037-8682 Impact factor: 1.581