BACKGROUND Tuberculosis(TB)remains one of the highest Asia’s health problems.Spondylitis TB in diabetes mellitus(DM)and hypothyroidism patients is a rare case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis.However,there is a lack of...
Supported by a Clinical Research Grant from Pusan National University Hospital in 2020.
BACKGROUND Pyogenic infectious spondylitis(PIS)is a rare condition,with an incidence between 0.2 and 2 cases per 100000 per annum.It’s most common symptom-back or neck pain-occurs in more than 90%of cases.Herein,we r...
BACKGROUND Ankylosing spondylitis(AS)frequently occurs in people aged 30-45 years,and its prevalence is generally believed to be between 0.1%and 1.4%globally.At present,the“gold standard”for diagnosis of AS requires...