title: Paraspinal abscess secondary to tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed by Xpert MTB/RIF assay in rural Tanzania.
abstract: A 31-year-old HIV-negative man presented to our clinic with a 6-month history of back pain and a swelling at the back. Radiological studies revealed lumbar vertebral destruction. Ultrasound of the mass showed a septated cystic mass with turbid fluid. Diagnostic aspiration revealed thick pus and smear microscopy detected acid-fast bacilli. Xpert MTB/RIF assay detected Mycobacterium tuberculosis with no rifampicin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, United Republic of Tanzania.
authors.forename: Jerry Joseph
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hella
authors.forename: Hellen Charles
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hiza
authors.forename: Elirehema
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mfinanga
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reither
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012293:Rifampin; D012424:Rural Population; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013636:Tanzania; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D012293:Rifampin