title: [Spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) associated to psoas abscess: report of two cases and a literature review].
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.
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Moléstias Infecciosas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14048-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP.
authors.forename: Fernando Crivelenti
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.forename: Fábio Fernandes
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Jeová Keny Baima
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Colares
authors.forename: Benedito Antônio Lopes
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents