Tuberculous spondylodiscitis

(n = 77)

Number (%)

Pyogenic spondylodiscitis

(n = 9)

Number (%)

Probability

Progressive installation

64 (83.11)

1 (11.11)

0.0161

Inflammatory pain

19 (24.67)

9 (100.00)

0.0002

Mechanical pain

47 (61.03)

1 (11.11)

0.0515

Cervical seat

2 (2.59)

1 (7.81)

0.2088

Cervicodorsal hinge

1 (1.29)

0

0.7277

Back seat

19 (24.67)

2 (22.22)

0.8499

Dorsolumbar hinge

16 (20.77)

1 (11.11)

0.5132

Lumbar location

45 (58.44)

4 (44.44)

0.5513

Lumbosacral hinge

5 (6.49)

1 (11.11)

0.6437

Multifocal location

9 (11.68)

1 (11.11)

0.9346

Abscess

9 (11.68)

1 (11.11)

0.9346

Fever

7 (9.09)

8 (88.88)

0.0000

Gibbosity

33 (42.85)

1 (11.11)

0.1396

Spinal cord compression

23 (29.87)

1 (11.11)

0.2948

Overall stiffness

50 (64.93)

9 (100.00)

0.2710

Root syndrome

33 (42.85)

6 (66.66)

0.3569

ESRa greater than 20 mm

70 (90.90)

8 (88.88)

0.8758

Deaths

2 (2.59)

0

0.6225