PMC7497824_01
Abscess of both psoas with spondylodiscitis on a cross -section (CT).
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Abdominal-pelvic computed tomography (CT) showed spondylodiscitis at the level of the 10th, 11th and 12th dorsal vertebrae and the first lumbar vertebra with bilateral abscess collections at the expense of both psoas muscles (Fig. 1).
Beige verrucous colonies of 
M. tuberculosis
 on Lowenstein-Jensen medium.
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A culture grown on solid Lowenstein-Jensen medium developed a month later (Fig. 2), while a culture grown in liquid medium (VersaTREK broth Myco Broth) and incubated in the VersaTREK automaton, whose technology is based on the detection of oxygen levels consumed by the mycobacteria, became positive after 20 days.