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. 2017 Aug 15;12(8):e0183240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183240

Table 4. Patients with addresses located outside of Chennai at the four high-volume designated microscopy centers (DMCs).

High-volume DMC Chest symptomatics with out-of-city addresses Smear-positive TB patients with out-of-city addresses
N (%) N (%)
Govt. Thiruvatteeswarar Hosp. of Thoracic Medicine (“Otteri Hospital”) 55/407 (13.5)a 16/108 (14.8)b
Institute of Thoracic Medicine 46/547 (8.4)a 4/65 (6.2)b
Chennai General Hospital 265/614 (43.2)a 31/59 (52.5)b
Government Stanley Hospital 54/352 (15.3)a 4/38 (10.5)b

a Percent out of all chest symptomatics at the specific high-volume DMC

b Percent out of all diagnosed smear-positive patients at the specific high-volume DMC