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Table 1 Clinical information of the included subjects

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

4

 Wrist

1

 Elbow

1

 Ankle

1

Pulmonary TB

23

HIV positive

0