title: Polymerase chain reaction as the sole diagnostic tool for sacral-spinal tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Cheng-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Cai-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jhao
authors.forename: Yu-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tao-Chen
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology