Spinal tuberculosis: a diagnostic problem.
| Autor: | Fisher CS, Van Peteghem PK |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien [Can Fam Physician] 1989 Mar; Vol. 35, pp. 545-6. |
| Abstrakt: | Fourteen patients with spinal tuberculosis were treated in one orthopaedic practice in Vancouver between 1982 and 1987. There was a significant delay in diagnosis of over one year in almost two-thirds of patients. Diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis is often difficult. In this study, half the subjects had a history of TB, but a significant number had negatives skin tests, almost half had normal chest X-rays, and half of them had negative needle biopsies. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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