TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Spinal Tuberculosis (Pott Disease) A1 - Manno, Rebecca L. A1 - Yazdany, Jinoos A1 - Tarrant, Teresa K. A1 - Kwan, Mildred A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2023 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISSeen primarily in individuals from developing countries or immunocompromised patients.Back pain and gibbus deformity with radiographic evidence of vertebral involvement.Less than 20% have active pulmonary tuberculosis.Evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in aspirate or biopsies of spinal lesions. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193126056 ER -