Table 1.
Clinical feature of 21 pyogenic spondylodiscitis patients confirmed by 16S rRNA PCR.
| NO | past medical history | Tuberculosis close contact | Previous Surgery | Direct microbiologic exam of stained smears | Clinical data | Site of Involvement | WBCa | ESRbMm/h | CRPcMg/dl | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | PIDd | – | – | Gram positive cocci | Fever and limitation of motion, Sacroiliac abscess | Sacroiliac | 14,700 | 135 | 10 | S. aureus |
| 7 | Renal failure | + | – | – | Hemiparesis and weight loss, epidural and paravertebral abscess | T4–T5 | 4,400 | 108 | 44 | M. tuberculosis |
| 8 | Addicts | + | – | Acid fast bacilli | Low back pain | L3 | 7,600 | 102 | – | M. abscessus |
| 11 | Diabetes, Renal failure | – | – | Acid fast bacilli | Low back pain | L4 | 12,800 | 87 | 11 | M. abscessus |
| 14 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | – | – | – | Low back pain | L3–L4 | 6,700 | 110 | 9 | M. tuberculosis |
| 15 | Hypertension | + | – | – | Local tenderness | T3 | 8,900 | 45 | – | M. tuberculosis |
| 17 | Diabetes melitus, metastatic lung cancer | – | – | – | Low back pain | L3 | 7,800 | 70 | 47 | M. abscessus |
| 21 | – | – | + | Gram positive cocci | Fever and Low back pain | S1 | 10,400 | 78 | 51 | S. aureus |
| 23 | Hypertension | – | – | – | Fever and Low back pain, AFB positive, drug hepatitis | L5–T12 | 11,600 | 99 | 39 | M. tuberculosis |
| 27 | – | + | + | Gram positive cocci | Low back pain, Paravertebral abscess | L3–L4 | 7,900 | 98 | 15 | S. aureus |
| 28 | – | – | + | Gram positive cocci | Low back pain, weight loss, fever | L3–L4 | 19,300 | 37 | 14 | S. aureus |
| 31 | Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Rhinoplasty | – | – | – | Local tenderness | L3 | 8,500 | 38 | – | M. tuberculosis |
| 35 | Diabetes melitus,IHDe, Pulmonary Tuberculosis | – | – | – | Low back pain | L3–L4 | 9,800 | 58 | – | M. tuberculosis |
| 36 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | – | – | Acid fast bacilli | Low back pain | L4–L5 | 8,500 | 78 | 11 | M. tuberculosis |
| 37 | IHD | – | – | Gram positive cocci | Local tenderness | L2–L3 | 6,500 | 68 | 12 | S. aureus |
| 41 | Diabetes | + | – | Acid fast bacilli | Low back pain | L4–L5 | 5,200 | 79 | 10 | M. abscessus |
| 44 | – | + | – | – | Fever and cough and dyspnea, Paravertebral abscess, Lower thoracic abscess | T4 | 7,900 | 54 | 39 | M. tuberculosis |
| 45 | Hypertension, Appendicitis, AKIf | – | + | – | Fever and hemiparesis and low back pain | L4 | 9,300 | 46 | 42 | S. aureus |
| 48 | – | – | – | Fever and low back pain, Paraspinal abscess | L3–L4 | 10,400 | 77 | 25 | M. abscessus | |
| 51 | – | – | – | – | Fever and low back pain | L1–L2 | 11,900 | 98 | 28 | M.chelonea |
| 57 | – | – | – | – | Low back pain, spasticity and limitation of motion | T10–T11 | 9,700 | 54 | 11 | M. tuberculosis |