Table 4.
Chest x-ray findings of tuberculosis (TB) patients with and without any respiratory pathogens (viruses and bacteria)
| Chest x-ray findings | Total |
TB and respiratory pathogen(s) |
TB only |
pa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Any respiratory viruses | ||||
| Infiltrates | 236 (64) | 51 (64.6) | 185 (63.8) | 0.90 |
| Cavitations | 125 (33.9) | 33 (41.8) | 92 (31.7) | 0.09 |
| Pleural effusion | 44 (11.9) | 7 (8.9) | 37 (12.8) | 0.34 |
| Lymph nodes | 31 (8.4) | 6 (7.6) | 25 (8.6) | 0.77 |
| Micronodules | 22 (6) | 5 (6.3) | 17 (5.9) | 0.88 |
| Macronodules | 5 (1.4) | 1 (1.3) | 4 (1.4) | 0.94 |
| Any respiratory bacteria | ||||
| Infiltrations | 236 (64) | 78 (63.9) | 158 (64) | 0.99 |
| Cavitations | 125 (33.9) | 40 (32.8) | 85 (34.4) | 0.76 |
| Pleural effusion | 44 (11.9) | 15 (12.3) | 29 (11.7) | 0.88 |
| Lymph nodes | 31 (8.4) | 11 (9) | 20 (8.1) | 0.77 |
| Micronodules | 22 (6) | 9 (7.4) | 13 (5.3) | 0.42 |
| Macronodules | 5 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) | 4 (1.6) | 0.53 |
a
p calculated from χ-square test.