Extra-Pulmonary Pott’s Disease with Intracranial Manifestations: An Inmate’s Story  

作　　者：Stephen M. Braden Ayman Yousef Krishna Patel Carlos Dostal Michael Boyars Stephen M. Braden;Ayman Yousef;Krishna Patel;Carlos Dostal;Michael Boyars(University of Texas Medical Branch 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, USA)

机构地区：[1]University of Texas Medical Branch 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, USA

出　　处：《Journal of Tuberculosis Research》2021年第2期85-89,共5页结核病研究（英文）

摘　　要：Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide. In developed countries, incidences are minimal </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">however</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> complicated manifestations of tuberculosis are becoming a trend within </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the prison system. This case report illustrates a patient within the United</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> States correctional system who demonstrated a rare infection of tuberculosis despite absent pulmonary findings. Our Patient was a 39-year-old inmate presenting </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and progressive dyspnea. Pulmonary</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> imaging and cultures of sputum were negative for tuberculosis. Further imaging and laboratory workups demonstrated extensive spinal infections along with intracranial lesions that were positive for tuberculosis. Neurosurgery declined operative medicine due to advancement of the disease and appropriate antibiotic therapy was immediately initiated. Tuberculosis continues to exist in de</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:VeTuberculosis is a chronic disease that is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide. In developed countries, incidences are minimal </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">however</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> complicated manifestations of tuberculosis are becoming a trend within </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the prison system. This case report illustrates a patient within the United</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> States correctional system who demonstrated a rare infection of tuberculosis despite absent pulmonary findings. Our Patient was a 39-year-old inmate presenting </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and progressive dyspnea. Pulmonary</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> imaging and cultures of sputum were negative for tuberculosis. Further imaging and laboratory workups demonstrated extensive spinal infections along with intracranial lesions that were positive for tuberculosis. Neurosurgery declined operative medicine due to advancement of the disease and appropriate antibiotic therapy was immediately initiated. Tuberculosis continues to exist in de</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Ve

关 键 词：Pott’s Disease TUBERCULOSIS Spinal TB Tuberculosis Meningitis 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]