TABLE 1.
General characteristics of patients
| Clinical site of TB (no. of patients) | Avg age, yr (range) | No. of patients
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccinated with BCGa
|
Male | Female | |||
| Yes | No | ||||
| Pulmonary (155) | 32 (13-72) | 116 | 30 | 98 | 57 |
| Pulmonary + pleural (6) | 35.5 (24-44) | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Pulmonary + lymph node (3) | 26.3 (22-34) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pulmonary + peritoneal (1) | 40 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pleural (117) | 36.3 (10-79) | 87 | 29 | 89 | 28 |
| Pleural + peritoneal (1) | 21 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Peritoneal (11) | 31 (18-50) | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Lymph node (13) | 33 (1-73) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Bone (3) | 9.6 (3-18) | 3 | 3 | ||
| Meningitis (2) | 21 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cutaneous (1) | 14 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Synovial (1) | 37 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ear, nose, and throat (1) | 27 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pericardial (1) | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||
a
For nine patients with PTB and one patient with pleural TB, the BCG status was not known.