Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients included in the study.
| Origin | Patients | HIV | TB | Age (y) | Gender | Previous treatment (medical or surgical) |
Treatment at INMI (medical or surgical) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | HIV- N(%) |
HIV unknown N (%) |
Active TB N (%) |
Past TB N (%) |
Radiological signs of probable past TB N (%)* |
Median (IQR) | F N (%) |
N (%) | N (%) | |
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| Italy | 18 (64.3) | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) | 1 (5.5) | — | 1 (5.5) | 55.5 (41.5–72) | 10 (55.6) | 3 (16.7) | 14 (77.8) |
| Central | 9 (50) | 1 (33.3) | 8 (53.3) | — | — | 1 (100) | — | 4 (40) | — | 8 (57.1) |
| Southern | 3 (16.7) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (13.4) | 1 (100) | — | — | 3 (30) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (7.2) | |
| Islands | 6 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 5 (33.3) | — | — | — | 3 (30) | 2 (66.7) | 5 (35.7) | |
| Eastern Europe | 7 (25) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | — | — | 28 (19–39) | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.8) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Romania | 4 (57.1) | 1 (100) | 3 (50) | — | — | — | 2 (50) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (60) | |
| Other | 3 (42.9) | — | 3 (50) | — | — | — | 2 (50) | 2 (66.7) | 2 (40) | |
| Asia | 1 (3.6) | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) | 49 | — | — | — | |
| Africa | 2 (7.1) | — | 2 (100) | — | — | 1 (50) | 43.5 (43-44) | 2 (100) | 1 (50) | 2 (100) |
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| Total | 28 (100) | 5 (17.9) | 23 (82.1) | 1 (3.6) | 1 (3.6) | 2 (8.3) | 45 (38.5–66.5) | 16 (57.1) | 7 (25) | 21 (75) |
N: number; TB: tuberculosis; IQR: interquartile range; F: female; y: year. *radiological signs of “probable past TB” evaluated in 24 patients.