Demographics | n. patients (%) |
---|---|
Gender | |
 male | 53 (69.7%) |
 female | 23 (30.3%) |
Chief complains | |
 pain | 75 (98.7%) |
 radiculopathy | 38 (50%) |
 fever | 11 (14.5%) |
 paraplegia | 3 (3.9%) |
Comorbidity and predisposing condition | |
 diabetes mellitus | 7 (9.2%) |
 hypertension | 4 (5.3%) |
 urinary tract infection | 2 (2.6%) |
 gout | 1 (1.3%) |
 rheumatoid arthritis | 1 (1.3%) |
 Alzheimer’s | 1 (1.3%) |
 chronic bronchitis | 1 (1.3%) |
 Parkinson’s | 1 (1.3%) |
 surgical history | 3 (3.9%) |
Initial diagnosis | |
 infection without specification | 33 (43.4%) |
 tuberculosis | 18 (23.7%) |
 pyogenic spondylodiscitis | 6 (7.9%) |
 lower back pain | 6 (7.9%) |
 lumbar disc herniation | 5 (6.6%) |
 osseous erosion | 4 (5.3%) |
 lumbar canal stenosis | 1 (1.3%) |
 ankylosing spondylitis | 1 (1.3%) |
 osteoporosis | 1 (1.3%) |
 tumor | 1 (1.3%) |