title: [Current aspects of Pott's disease in Tunisia. 29 cases].
abstract: It is a retrospective study, reviewing all cases of vertebral tuberculosis recorded between 1989 and 1999 in La Rabta Hospital (Tunis). 29 patients have been included whose average age was 49 years. The main symptoms which appeared within a average period of six months were vertebral pain, associated with fever in half of the cases. The diagnosis of infectious spondylitis was made according to the results of Computer tomography in 26 cases. The diagnosis of infection was confirmed by characteristic histological pattern and/or culture biopsy. 27 patients were cured without complications except for 2 of them who developed a spinal cord compression. This complication was quickly stemmed by steroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Service de rhumatologie, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meddeb
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rammeh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chahed
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elleuch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cheour
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sellami
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001416:Back Pain / Q000382:microbiology; D001706:Biopsy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013256:Steroids; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D013256:Steroids