These are 5 key facts you need to know about tuberculosis: | World Health Organization (WHO)

Pott’s disease, also known as spinal tuberculosis, leaves unmistakable signatures on the spine. When Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreads beyond the lungs and settles into the vertebrae, it slowly destroys the bone from the inside out. Over time, the collapsing vertebrae create a sharp, angular curve in the back called a gibbus deformity, one of the hallmark features of this condition. At the Bone Museum, we can actually see the history of this infection etched into the spine: • weakened, eroded v