Abstract
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in many LMIC. Though small, the incidence of extrapulmonary TB is increasing worldwide, with the spine involved in 50 % of cases.
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Olgun, Z.D., Yazici, M., Spiegel, D.A., Awais, S.M., Bijukachhe, B. (2014). Tuberculosis. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_33
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