Received 3 July 2009; received in revised form 18 July 2009; accepted 4 November 2009. published online 24 February 2010.
Summary
While pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections are recognized for their public health implications, less is known about the infectiousness of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, specifically, spinal tuberculosis or Pott's disease. We present a case of spinal tuberculosis with concomitant active pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of chest radiographic abnormalities or symptoms, and review the literature regarding infectiousness of concomitant spinal and pulmonary tuberculosis.
Corresponding Editor: William Cameron, Ottawa, Canada
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