Table 7.
Comparison of clinical and radiological findings of various studies reporting of epidemiology of spinal TB
| Authors (year) | Most commonpresenting symptom (%) | Patients with neurological deficit at presentation (%) | Patients with HIV infection (%) | Patients with concomitant pulmonary TB (%) | Most common levelof involvement | Patients who had surgicalintervention (%) | Multi-level involvement (%) | Skip lesions (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pertuiset et al. [11] (1999) | Back pain (97) | 50 | 0 | 18 | Lumbar | 25 | 25 | 6 |
| Turgut [12] (2000) | Neurological deficit (69) | 69 | NR | 45 | Thoracic | 98 | NR | 0.3 (single patient) |
| Sakho et al. [13] (2003) | Back pain (91) | 79 | 2.7 | 59 | Thoracic | 15 | NR | NR |
| Godlwana et al. [14] (2008) | NR | 56 | 28 | 100 | Thoracic | NR | NR | NR |
| Wang et al. [15] (2012) | Back pain (92) | 22 | 0 | 12.7 | Thoracic=lumbar | 82 | 27 | 5.6 |
| Garza Ramos et al. [16] (2017) | NR | NR | 4 | NR | NR | 22 | NR | NR |
| Liu et al. [17] (2019) | Back pain (92) | 50 | 0 | 26 | Lumbar | 72 | 23 | NR |
| Our study | Back pain (98) | 19 | 1.1 | 4.1a) | Lumbar | 10.5 | 19 | 2.8 |
TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; NR, not reported.
a)
Only includes patients with active concomitant pulmonary TB. Another 6.1% patients had a past history of pulmonary TB.