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Table 2 laboratory examinations for the patients

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

laboratory parameter

n. patients

Elevation in blood test

 WBC

15 (19.7%)

 CRP

59 (77.6%)

 ESR

54 (71.1%)

Microorganism

 no yields

59 (77.6%)

 Staphylococcus aureus

7 (9.2%)

 enterococcus faecalis

2 (2.6%)

 ochrobactrum anthropi

1 (1.3%)

 Staphylococcus epidermidis

1 (1.3%)

 citrobacter braakii

1 (1.3%)

 staphylococcus hominis

1 (1.3%)

 acinetobacter baumannii

1 (1.3%)

 staphylococcus xylosus

1 (1.3%)

 micrococcus varians

1 (1.3%)

 MRSCoN

1 (1.3%)

  1. MRSCoN methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci
  2. WBC white blood cell
  3. CRP c-reactive protein
  4. ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate