Table 3.
Distributions of EPTB with in Age group by AFB microscopic and cytological techniques among suspected patients at University of Gondar Hospital, from January 2012 to April 2012, (N = 344)
| Age |
Sex |
Types of specimens |
AFB microscopic results |
Cytological results |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Lymph node (%) | CSF (%) | Periton-eal fluid (%) | Pleural Fluid (%) | Ascitic fluid (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |
| <10 |
17 |
20 |
24 (10.9) |
1 (2) |
3 (7) |
9 (33.3) |
0 (0) |
3 (8.1) |
34 (91.9) |
13 (59) |
9 (41) |
| 10-20 |
34 |
38 |
51 (23.1) |
7 (14.3) |
6 (14) |
8 (29.6) |
0 (0) |
7 (9.7) |
65 (90.3) |
33 (60) |
22 (40) |
| 21-30 |
52 |
42 |
69 (31.2) |
10 (20.4) |
11 (25.6) |
3 (11.1) |
1 (25) |
8 (8.5) |
86 (91.5) |
33 (62.3) |
20 (37.7) |
| 31-40 |
27 |
40 |
43 (19.5) |
13 (26.5) |
6 (14) |
3 (11.1) |
2 (50) |
10 (14.9) |
57 (85.1) |
46 (67) |
23 (33) |
| 41-50 |
17 |
21 |
20 (9) |
9 (18.4) |
8 (18.6) |
1 (3.7) |
0 (0) |
3 (7.9) |
35 (92.1 ) |
16 (61.5) |
10 (38.5) |
| >50 |
16 |
20 |
14 (6.3) |
9 (18.4) |
9 (21.1) |
3 (11.1) |
1 (25) |
3 (8.3) |
33 (91.7) |
11 (57.9) |
8 (42.1) |
| Total | 163 | 181 | 221 (100) | 49 (100) | 43 (100) | 27 (100) | 4 (100) | 34 (9.9) | 310 (90.1) | 152 (62.3) | 92 (37.7) |