Tuberculosis of the Spine

Affiliations

¹ University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
² Department of Orthopaedic & Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
³ Department of Microbiology and NRL (RNTCP), National Institute of TB and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi, India.

Review

Anil Kumar Jain et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 1;102(7):617-628.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.19.00001.

¹ University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
² Department of Orthopaedic & Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
³ Department of Microbiology and NRL (RNTCP), National Institute of TB and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi, India.

No abstract available

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