Table 3.
Diagnosis features of included articles
| Author | Negative spinal plain radiograph, n (%) | Positive MRI, n (%) | Positive CT-scan, n (%) | Positive TB skin test, n (%) | Positive culture TB, n (%) | Positive histological, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prazuck et al. [33] | 0/45 (0) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Campos et al. [34] | 0/27 (0) | - | - | 14/27 (52) | 4/4 (100) | - |
| Richter et al. [35] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fam et al. [36] | 2/7 (29) | 1/1 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 6/6 (100) | 5/5 (100) | 4/5 (80) |
| Puigdengolas et al. [37] | - | - | - | 8/8 (100) | - | - |
| Leibert et al. [38] | 2/7 (29) | - | 3/7 (43) | 6/7 (86) | 7/7 (100) | 5/7 (71) |
| Pertuiset et al. [25] | 6/103 (6) | 44/44 (100) | 63/63 (100) | 66/70 (94) | 86/103 (84) | 51/73 (70) |
| Barrière et al. [10] | 2/15 (13) | - | 5/5 (100) | - | 11/14 (79) | 6/14 (43) |
| Alothman et al. [39] | 1/69 (1.4) | 69/69 (100) | 69/69 (100) | - | 25/50 (50) | 35/50 (70) |
| Solagberu et al. [40] | 6/25 (24) | - | - | 18/27 (67) | - | - |
| Garcia-Lechuz et al. [41] | - | - | - | 7/14 (50) | 5/8 (63) | 11/15 (73) |
| Rasit et al. [11] | 0/53 (0) | - | - | 53/53 (100) | - | - |
| Rodriguez-Gómez et al. [42] | 6/37 (16) | 18/18 (100) | 8/8 (100) | 28/37 (76) | 29/37 (78) | 7/16 (44) |
| Meddeb et al. [43] | 0/29 (0) | - | 26/26 (100) | 17/29 (59) | - | 1/17 (6) |
| Sakho et al. [44] | 12/255 (5) | - | 2/2 (100) | 72/91 (82) | - | 3/8 (38) |
| Dharmalingam et al. [45] | - | - | - | - | - | 10/13 (77) |
| Colmenero et al. [12] | 11/78 (14) | 42/44 (96) | 58/61 (95) | 54/65 (83) | 35/37 (56) | - |
| Schlesinger et al. [13] | - | 12/12 (100) | - | 5/12 (42) | 9/11 (82) | 3/12 (25) |
| López Cordoba et al. [46] | - | 17/17 (100) | 5/19 (26) | - | 13/35 (37) | 14/35 (40) |
| Mulleman et al. [3] | - | 10/24 (42) | 8/12 (67) | 14/15 (93) | 8/20 (40) | 3/20 (15) |
| Sharifi-Mood et al. [47] | - | - | - | 78/118 (66) | - | - |
| Tasova et al. [48] | - | - | - | 12/22 (55) | 13/22 (59) | 26/34 (76) |
| Kotil et al. [49] | - | 35/44 (80) | 35/44 (80) | - | 19/44 (43) | - |
| Park et al. [14] | - | 75/128 (59) | 75/128 (59) | - | - | - |
| Godlwana et al. [50] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maeda et al. [15] | 0/23 (0) | 23/23 (100) | - | - | - | 23/23 (100) |
| Kenyon et al. [51] | - | 17/17 (100) | - | - | 13/17 (77) | - |
| Polley et al. [5] | 1/16 (6) | 16/16 (100) | - | 1/3 (33.3) | 8/15 (53) | 11/15 (73) |
| Owolabi et al. [21] | 20/87 (23) | 16/16 (100) | - | 58/67 (87) | - | - |
| Su et al. [16] | - | - | - | - | 19/45 (42) | 11/45 (24) |
| Weng et al. [17] | - | 35/35 (100) | - | - | 24/38 (63) | 32/38 (84) |
| Benzagmout et al. [52] | - | 10/10 (100) | - | 28/37 (76) | - | 7/7 (100) |
| Kim et al. [53] | - | - | - | - | 41/45 (91) | 41/45 (91) |
| Mwachaka et al. [54] | - | - | - | 13/129 (10) | - | - |
| Alavi et al. [55] | 13/69 (19) | 13/13 (100) | - | - | 6/69 (9) | 27/69 (39) |
| Lozano et al. [56] | 0/6 (0) | 4/6 (67) | - | 3/6 (50) | 6/6 (100) | 4/6 (67) |
| Fedoul et al. [57] | - | - | - | 26/70 (37) | 4/30 (13) | 6/14 (43) |
TB tuberculosis, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, CT computed tomography
Percentage values are over realized test