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This chapter provides a brief discussion of spinal tuberculosis, including its definition, epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, classification, treatment, and prognosis.

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  1. Assiut University, Assiut Governorate, Egypt

    Ghaydaa Ahmed Shehata

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  1. Department of Infectious Disease & Clinical Microbiology, Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey

    Alper Sener

  2. ID-IRI Lead Coordinator, Department of Infectious Disease & Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey

    Hakan Erdem

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Shehata, G.A. (2019). Spinal Tuberculosis. In: Sener, A., Erdem, H. (eds) Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04744-3_10

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