Abstract
Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis in a Military Hospital in Gabon: Report of Eleven Patients
Highlights
Extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis (TB) are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa and pose a major public health problem
We present a case series of spondylodiscitis at the department of internal medicine in the “Hôptal d’Instruction des Armées” Omar Bongo Ondimba (HIA OBO) of Libreville, Gabon
We identified acute phase of spondylodiscitis with medullary Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (T2 sequence) (Figure 3)
Summary
Extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis (TB) are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa and pose a major public health problem. We report 11 cases of TB spondylodiscitis, commonly referred to as Pott's disease, who presented to the internal medicine department at the Military Hospital of Gabon (HIA OBO). Tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia [1]. It is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis and most commonly affects the lungs. In TB endemic countries, extrapulmonary presentations are reported frequently and include spinal tuberculosis, ganglionic tuberculosis, and urogenital involvement known as Pott’s disease. Pott’s disease is the most frequent osteo-articular tuberculosis in endemic areas. Because it is a rare manifestation, most case series were conducted over two years [3,4]. The incidence of spondylodiscitis infectious in the world has doubled and the new challenge is the outcome of patient after infection [5]
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