Table 3.
Signs and symptoms, imaging results, bacteriology and treatment status for TB cases with and those without or unknown HIV co-infection as observed in the Zambia national TB prevalence survey
| Variable | TB Cases with HIV N (%) |
TB Cases without HIV N (%) |
TB Cases with Unknown HIV status N (%) |
Total N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 36 (13.6) | 115 (43.4) | 114 (43.0) | 265 (100) |
| Cough ≥2 weeks | 19 (52.8) | 59 (51.3) | 73 (64.0) | 151 (57.0) |
| Fever ≥2 weeks | 7 (19.4) | 27 (23.5) | 33 (28.9) | 67 (25.3) |
| Chest pain ≥2 weeks | 17 (47.2) | 58 (50.4) | 60 (52.6) | 135 (50.9) |
| Chest x-ray abnormality | 32 (88.9) | 80 (43.5) | 93 (81.6) | 205 (77.4) |
| Smear positive | 18 (50.0) | 49 (42.6) | 59 (51.7) | 126 (47.5) |
| Culture positive | 34 (94.4) | 83 (72.2) | 98 (86.0) | 215 (81.1) |
| Currently on TB treatment | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.7) | 5 (4.4) | 7 (2.6) |
| Ever treated for TB | 5 (13.9) | 13 (11.3) | 17 (14.9) | 35 (13.2) |
| Household member ever treated for TB | 3 (8.3) | 16 (13.9) | 21 (18.4) | 40 (15.1) |