Table 5.
Differences between TB patients with and without mycobacteraemia
| Clinical finding | Mycobacteraemia | Not mycobacteraemia | p | OR for mycobacteraemia [95% CI] |
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| Number | (%) of 57 | Number | (%) of 59 | |||
| Severe anaemia (Hb <7 g/dL) |
18 | (32) | 9 | (15) | 0.038 | 2.6 [1 to 6.3] |
| Anaemia (Hb < 10 g/dL) |
50 | (89) | 38 | (66) | 0.002 | 4.4 [1.6 to 12] |
| Miliary chest x-ray |
9 | (16) | 2 | (3) | 0.024 | 5.3 [1.1 to 25] |
| Sputum smear AFB positive |
18 | (36% of 50 patients |
10 | (36% of 50 patients) |
0.034 | 2.6 [1.1 to 6.3] |
| Cough > 1 month | 26 | (46) | 41 | (69) | 0.009 | 0.37[0.17 to 0.79] |
| Haemoptysis | 4 | (7) | 11 | (19) | 0.057 | 0.32[0.1 to 1.1] |
| Classical CXR | 17 | (30) | 31 | (53) | 0.010 | 0.37[0.01 to 0.8] |
| Pleural effusion on CXR |
7 | (12) | 19 | (33) | 0.009 | 0.43[0.2 to 0.93] |
| Cavitation on CXR |
9 | (16) | 10 | (17) | 0.834 | 0.9[0.3 to 2.4] |