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Area of Science:

  • Neurosurgery
  • Microbiology
  • Orthopedics

Background:

  • Spinal tuberculosis (TB) affects nearly half of patients with musculoskeletal TB.
  • Diagnosing spinal TB presents significant challenges, necessitating a range of investigations.
  • Extrapulmonary TB, including spinal involvement, is less common than pulmonary TB.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate diagnostic methods for spinal tuberculosis.
  • To identify the most effective and timely diagnostic approach for spinal TB.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective study analyzed 100 spinal TB patients from January 2021 to November 2023.
  • Data collected included patient demographics, diagnostic investigations, time to diagnosis, histopathology, and surgical intervention.
  • Evaluations were conducted in the Neurosurgery and Microbiology Departments.

Main Results:

  • Imaging and computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy were the most effective diagnostic tools for spinal TB.
  • Histopathology provided the earliest diagnostic results.
  • Pus culture, smear microscopy, and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) showed low positivity yields despite high sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • Imaging and CT-guided biopsy are the optimal and earliest methods for diagnosing spinal TB, with biopsy confirming the diagnosis.
  • Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and NAAT are supplementary diagnostic tests.
  • Relying solely on AFB, NAAT, and GeneXpert tests for diagnosis can lead to sample wastage and diagnostic delays.