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Table 2 Clinical Presentation

From: Evaluation of patients admitted with musculoskeletal tuberculosis: sixteen years’ experience from a single center in Turkey

Variable

n

%

Symptoms

 - Back pain

22

70.9

 - Mass on back and neck

1

3.2

 - Knee pain

1

3.2

 - Wrist swelling

1

3.2

 - Chest pain

1

3.2

 - Hand pain

1

3.2

 - Shoulder pain

2

6.5

 - Abdominal/hip pain

1

3.2

Location

 - Vertebra

23

74.2

 - Hand

2

6.5

 - Knee joint

1

3.2

 - Costa

1

3.2

 - Shoulder

1

3.2

 - Patella

1

3.2

 - Psoas muscle

2

6.5

Vertebra Location

 - Thoracic

10

32.3

 - Lumbar

12

38.7

 - Sacrococcygeal

1

3.2

Center of Diagnosis

 - Secondary

13

41.9

 - Tertiary

18

58.1

Treatment duration (months)a

12.9± 5.5 & 12.0 (1.3-27.7)

Outcome

 - Treatment completed

26

83.8

 - Treatment is going on

3

9.6

 - Exitus

1

3.2

 - Leaved treatment

1

3.2

Primer TB

29

93.5

Recurrence TB

2

6.5

Treatment Regimen

 - HRZE

29

93.5

 - HRZE + S

2

6.5

  1. TB Tuberculosis, HRZE isoniazid + rifampicin + ethambutol + pyrazinamide, HRZE + S isoniazid + rifampicin + ethambutol + pyrazinamide + streptomycin
  2. amean ± S.D & median (percentile 25-percentile 75)