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Histopathology and genotyping in infectious spondylitis of HIV- and HIV+ patients.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Jul 2007
Danaviah S, Govender S, Cassol S
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 2 million South Africans are HIV/TB coinfected, and many develop skeletal disease. The resurgence of spinal tuberculosis, including atypical forms, is due largely to HIV-associated immune suppression. We investigated the impact of HIV coinfection on the histological features of the disease and the occurrence of atypical opportunistic organisms in infectious spondylitis in an HIV/TB endemic region....
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