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Table 1 Demographics, baseline laboratory, clinical and imaging findings among the 10 study patients with brucellar spondylitis

From: Fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan contributes to the diagnosis and management of brucellar spondylodiskitis

Pt

Sex

Age

ESR (mm/hr)

CRP (mg/L)

SAT titers

WBC (K/μl)

Clinical

Blood cultures

MRI findings (affected vertebrae)

F-18 FDG PET/CT findings (affected vertebrae)

F-18 FDG PET/CT SUVmax

1

M

59

106

63.3

1/10240

5.58

Back pain, fever

Brucella sp.

Spondylodiscitis L2 – L3, L5 – S1, paravertebral masses

Spondylodiscitis T12 – L3, L5 – S1, paravertebral masses, mediastinal lymph node involvement

5.5 2.8

2

M

61

14

10.1

1/10240

8.10

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis T7 – T8, paravertebral mass

Spondylodiscitis T7 – T8, L4 – L5, paravertebral and epidural masses

7.1 4.4

3

F

83

7

3.08

1/20480

5.93

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis L2 – L3

Spondylodiscitis L2 – L3,

6.7

4

M

51

74

51.5

1/1280

13.30

Pack pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis L4 – L5, paravertebral mass

Spondylodiscitis L4 – L5, T5 – T6, paravertebral masses, arthritis Lt acromioclavicular joint

5.4 5.8

5

M

53

80

38.6

< 1/160

9.30

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis L4 – L5

Spondylodiscitis L4 – L5

6.9

6

F

71

120

86.8

1/2560

6.50

Back pain, fever

Brucella sp.

Spondylodiscitis L4 – L5, paravertebral mass

Spondylodiscitis L4 – L5, paravertebral mass

9.4

7

F

37

60

24

< 1/160

14.70

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis T6 – T7

Spondylodiscitis T6 – T7, hepatosplenomegaly

3.0

8

M

46

80

18.5

< 1/160

9.63

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis L2 – L3, epidural mass

Spondylodiscitis L2 – L3, epidural mass

5.5

9

M

58

40

60

< 1/160

12.50

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis L3 – L4

Spondylodiscitis L3 – L4

6.4

10

M

87

80

67

1/2560

11.40

Back pain, fever

(−)

Spondylodiscitis L1 – L2, L4 – L5, paravertebral mass

Spondylodiscitis L1 – L2, L4 – L5, paravertebral mass

5.2 6.0

  1. NOTES. All patients provided written consent to publish these details. Pt: patient number, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (normal value, 40 mm/hour), CRP: C-reactive protein (normal values < 5 mg/L), WBC: white blood count, SAT: slide agglutination test (normal values < 1/160), MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, F-18 FDG PET/CT: fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography scan, SUVmax: maximum standard uptake value.