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. 2017 Mar 29;17:236. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2345-5

Table 2.

Signs and symptoms, imaging results, bacteriology and treatment status among TB HIV con-infected cases as observed in the Zambia national TB prevalence survey; N = 36

TB Cases co-infected with HIV
N (%)
p-value
Cough ≥2 weeks 19 (52.8) 0.046
Fever ≥2 weeks 7 (19.4) 0.844
Chest pain ≥2 weeks 17 (47.2) 0.411
Chest x-ray abnormality 32 (88.9) 0.004
Smear positive 18 (50.0) 0.000
Culture positive 34 (94.4) 0.000
Currently on TB treatment 0 (0.0) 0.987
Ever treated for TB 5 (13.9) 0.646
Household member ever treated for TB 3 (8.3) 0.489