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Table 1 demographic data of the patients

From: Early surgery with antibiotic medication was effective and efficient in treating pyogenic spondylodiscitis

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%)