ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2013
Comparison of platelet count in tuberculosis spine to other spine pathology.
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- Utility of CBC-derived ratios in the diagnosis and prediction of active tuberculosis in people with rheumatic diseases.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Unlocking the Diagnostic Potential: A Systematic Review of Biomarkers in Spinal Tuberculosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Child and adult spinal tuberculosis at tertiary hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa: 4-year burden and trend.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Could an increase in vigilance for spinal tuberculosis at primary health care level, enable earlier diagnosis at district level in a tuberculosis endemic country?African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
purposeHaematological markers currently used to investigate TB spine vary from WCC, Anaemia, ESR and CRP. Platelet count in TB spine as a marker has been inadequately investigated.
methodIn this retrospective review, Platelet count in TB spondylitis on admission was compared to patients undergoing other elective spinal surgery (control) preoperatively. Comparisons of the platelets with ESR and the effect of HIV on platelet count in TB spine were also evaluated.
results160 TB spine patients showed statistically significant higher platelet count when compared to 210 patients in the control group (p < 0.001). 52.5 % patients had a raised platelet count in the TB spondylitis group. Raised Platelet count had a sensitivity and specificity of 52.5 % and 86.2 %, respectively in TB spondylitis. ESR and platelet count had a Pearson correlation r = 0.31 (p < 0.001). HIV however did not statistically show any difference in the platelet count (p = 0.12).
conclusionA raised platelet count in spinal pathology may be used as an inflammatory marker of TB spondylitis.
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