Table 1.

Favorable outcome was achieved in 87 % of patients treated with chemotherapy alone, chemotherapy with debridement and chemotherapy with radical debridement and fusion

	No. of patients	Favorable (%)	Doubtful (%)	Unfavorable (%)
Korea chemotherapy alone	271	236 (87)	1 (<1)	34 (13)
Hong Kong chemotherapy and simple debridement	54	47 (87)	0 (0)	7 (13)
Hong Kong chemotherapy, radical debridement and fusion	52	45 (87)	0 (0)	7 (13)

Modified from the 13th report of the Medical Research Council working party on TB of the spine [20]