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Types and categories of TB in DM patients screened for TB in a tertiary care hospital between March and December 2012
| Category and type of TB | Patients n |
| New | 45 |
| Smear-positive PTB | 27 |
| Smear-negative PTB | 12 |
| Extra-pulmonary TB | 4 |
| Not recorded | 2 |
| Retreatment | 5 |
| Relapse smear-positive PTB | 1 |
| Failure smear-positive PTB | 1 |
| Return after default smear-positive PTB | 3 |
TB = tuberculosis; DM = diabetes mellitus; PTB = pulmonary tuberculosis.
