Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease

Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare cause of vertebral osteomyelitis in the developed world. Co-infections with other microorganisms are seldom reported in the literature. Here we report a case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus anginosus causing acute on chronic vertebral osteomyelitis with an epidural abscess.

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