From: Clinical performance of quantitative PCR for the molecular identification of skeletal tuberculosis from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues
Number of cases
Total number of cases
129
Cases of skeletal TB
90
Gender
Male
55
Women
35
Median age
57 (22–83)
Lesions involved
Lumbar spine
44
Thoracic spine
29
Cervical spine
6
Knee
4
Hip
Wrist
1
Elbow
Ankle
Pulmonary TB
23
HIV positive
0