HIV infection and spinal tuberculosis: the basic aspects of a common problem
The combination of HIV infection and tuberculosis is a global medical, social, economic and political problem of the past two decades. The role of this factor intensifies against the background of the annual increase of the number of individuals living both with HIV infection and with HIV/tuberculosis (HIV/TB) co-infection. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (in general) and tuberculosis of bones and joints (in particular) are a priori considered to be markers of evident immunosuppression in HIV infection, which is not always the case. The presented review of literature offers answers to problems of combined pathology and possibilities of surgical treatment of co-infected patients.