Rheumatology International 2008-03-01

Combined effect of Neridronate and specific antibiotic therapy in a case of tuberculous spondylodiscitis.

L Quarta, A Corrado, N Melillo, A Trotta, G Scotto, F d'Onofrio, N Santoro, F P Cantatore

Index: Rheumatol. Int. 28(5) , 495-8, (2008)

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Abstract

Because of the increased incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, infective spondylitis is still a major problem in the world. In skeletal TB the spine is the most often involved and lumbosacral spine involvement is rare. Nowadays early diagnosis and new medical treatment can reduce the incidence of the serious skeletal sequelae and the number of surgery procedures in spinal TB. We present a case of TB spondylodiscitis characterized by a rapid and progressive clinical and radiological improvement after treatment with Neridronate and chemotherapic drugs. Our data suggest that in the treatment of the TB spondylodiscitis the combined use of these drugs is a good alternative to stimulate bone reparative process to the chemotherapy alone. To our knowledge this is first case of a patient with TB discitis treated with Neridronate. Further studies are necessary to confirm the effectiveness of Neridronate treatment added to antiTB drugs in spondylodiscitis.