Spores that crush the spine in infancy: a diagnostic challenge for an infant with spinal tuberculosis.

• Main Author: Mohamed, Mossad Abdelhak Shaban
• Format: Proceeding Paper
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: RJ Pediatrics; RJ101 Child Heatlh. Child health services. Preventive health services for children
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76483/3/76483%20abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76483/4/76483%20slide.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76483/; https://helicsgroup.net/abstract_book/open/11#page/1
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction Spinal tuberculosis in children is an established preventable disease. Complications of the disease are devastating due to its aptitude to cause bone destruction, spinal deformity and paraplegia. We present seven months old girl with isolated gross motor regression and evolving spastic...