Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide. In developed countries, incidences are minimal </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;&qu...Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide. In developed countries, incidences are minimal </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">however</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> complicated manifestations of tuberculosis are becoming a trend within </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the prison system. This case report illustrates a patient within the United</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> States correctional system who demonstrated a rare infection of tuberculosis despite absent pulmonary findings. Our Patient was a 39-year-old inmate presenting </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and progressive dyspnea. Pulmonary</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> imaging and cultures of sputum were negative for tuberculosis. Further imaging and laboratory workups demonstrated extensive spinal infections along with intracranial lesions that were positive for tuberculosis. Neurosurgery declined operative medicine due to advancement of the disease and appropriate antibiotic therapy was immediately initiated. Tuberculosis continues to exist in de</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Ve展开更多
文摘Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide. In developed countries, incidences are minimal </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">however</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> complicated manifestations of tuberculosis are becoming a trend within </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the prison system. This case report illustrates a patient within the United</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> States correctional system who demonstrated a rare infection of tuberculosis despite absent pulmonary findings. Our Patient was a 39-year-old inmate presenting </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and progressive dyspnea. Pulmonary</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> imaging and cultures of sputum were negative for tuberculosis. Further imaging and laboratory workups demonstrated extensive spinal infections along with intracranial lesions that were positive for tuberculosis. Neurosurgery declined operative medicine due to advancement of the disease and appropriate antibiotic therapy was immediately initiated. Tuberculosis continues to exist in de</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Ve
