In the present study, we analysed the association between theincidence of tuberculous spondylitis with the NaturalResistance Associated Macrophage Protein 1 (NRAMP1,also known as Solute Carrier Family 11a member1)polymorphism by studying the genetic segregation of thispolymorphism and the incidence of the disease amongmembers of the West Javanese population undergoingsurgery for tuberculous spondylitis at our institution. Here, SLC11A1 is linked to tuberculosis, spinal.