Table 1.

demographic data of the patients

Demographics	n. patients (%)
Gender
male	53 (69.7%)
female	23 (30.3%)
Chief complains
pain	75 (98.7%)
radiculopathy	38 (50%)
fever	11 (14.5%)
paraplegia	3 (3.9%)
Comorbidity and predisposing condition
diabetes mellitus	7 (9.2%)
hypertension	4 (5.3%)
urinary tract infection	2 (2.6%)
gout	1 (1.3%)
rheumatoid arthritis	1 (1.3%)
Alzheimer’s	1 (1.3%)
chronic bronchitis	1 (1.3%)
Parkinson’s	1 (1.3%)
surgical history	3 (3.9%)
Initial diagnosis
infection without specification	33 (43.4%)
tuberculosis	18 (23.7%)
pyogenic spondylodiscitis	6 (7.9%)
lower back pain	6 (7.9%)
lumbar disc herniation	5 (6.6%)
osseous erosion	4 (5.3%)
lumbar canal stenosis	1 (1.3%)
ankylosing spondylitis	1 (1.3%)
osteoporosis	1 (1.3%)
tumor	1 (1.3%)