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. 2010 Dec 8;2011:758350. doi: 10.1155/2011/758350

Table 3.

Characteristics of patients with prevalent (undiagnosed) TB.

Patient Age (years) Sex Baseline CD4 counts (cells/μL) Baseline clinical symptoms* Baseline CXR findings Time to TB diagnosis (days) TB category Basis of TB diagnosis Outcomes
Patient 1 32 F 6 cough, chest pain, weight loss, poor appetite middle and lower lung zone infiltrates 24 PTB culture+, worsening CXR improved
Patient 2 43 M 168 no symptoms upper and middle lung zone infiltrates with cavitation 35 PTB worsening CXR improved
Patient 3 35 F 121 cough, fever, weight loss, poor appetite normal 65 PTB culture+ died
Patient 4 46 F 60 cough, chest pain, poor appetite upper lung zone infiltrates and left side pleural effusion 0 EPTB abnormal CXR improved
Patient 5 35 F 140 cough middle and lower lung zone infiltrates and pleural thickening 43 PTB abnormal CXR lost contact
Patient 6 41 M 180 no symptoms middle and lower lung zone infiltrates and bilateral cavities 10 PTB abnormal CXR improved

Abbreviations: M: Male; F: Female; TB: tuberculosis; CXR: chest X-ray; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis, AFB+: acid fast bacilli positive; AFB−: acid fast bacilli negative; IRIS: immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.

*included only clinical symptoms of greater than two weeks.