title: Lumbo-sacral spine disease due to bovine tuberculosis in a  patient with concurrent pulmonary disease.
abstract: Lumbo-sacral spinal disease due to bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a patient with concurrent pulmonary disease is rare. We report this  unpredicted finding in an immunocompetent patient and discuss the natural history in an area of low prevalence.
authors.affiliation: City General Hospital, North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. navvydoc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nawaid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Koottalai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panayi
authors.forename: Harmesh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moudgil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000382:microbiology; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011859:Radiography; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents