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. 2017 Jul 31;12(7):e0181995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181995

Table 4. Tuberculosis documentation.

N X-Ray images suggestive of TB AFB positive Culture positive Number of symptoms*
< 1 AFB ≥ 1 AFB 0 1 2 3 4 5
TB cases
    Confirmed 19 7 5 3 19 3 6 5 2 1 2
    Probable 40 36 14 4 0 12 15 5 3 4 1
    Possible 29 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 3
Non TB cases 855 0 91 0 0 441 222 129 61 2 0

AFB: acid fast bacilli

TB: tuberculosis

* among the following ones: cough lasting for more than two weeks, fever lasting for more than two weeks, recent loss of appetite, chest pain, objectified body mass index lower than 18.5 Kg/m2