Table 2.
Clinical symptoms/signs and initial laboratory findings of 284 spinal tuberculosis patients
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical symptoms | |
| Back pain | 263 (92.6%) |
| Radicular pain | 43 (15.1%) |
| Numbness | 39 (13.7%) |
| Weakness | 28 (9.9%) |
| Trouble walking | 35 (12.3%) |
| Fever | 75 (26.4%) |
| Clinical signs | |
| Tenderness | 214 (75.4%) |
| Percussion pain | 159 (56.0%) |
| Kyphosis | 81 (28.5%) |
| Mass | 23 (8.1%) |
| Sinus | 15 (5.3%) |
| Hematological and biochemical data | |
| ESR (mm/hr) | 41.2 ± 30.0 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 26.4 ± 41.0 |
| Positive rate of TB-Ab | 21.2% |