Table 5.
Type and location of chest X-ray lesions seen in pulmonary tuberculosis patients
| Location | Laterality | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | Upper | Middle | Lower | Right | Left | Bilateral | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | No. | Share (%) | 95% CI for share | |
| Consolidation | 50 | 98 | (86.6–99.7) | 38 | 74.5 | (60.4–84.9) | 23 | 45.1 | (31.7–59.2) | 11 | 21.6 | (12.1–35.4) | 33 | 64.7 | (50.3–76.9) | 29 | 56.9 | (42.6–70.1) | 12 | 23.5 | (13.6–37.5) |
| Cavity | 26 | 51 | (37.1–64.7) | 22 | 43.1 | (29.9–57.4) | 5 | 9.8 | (4.0–22.0) | 1 | 2 | (0.3–13.4) | 17 | 33.3 | (21.5–47.7) | 10 | 19.6 | (10.7–33.3) | 1 | 2 | (0.3–13.4) |
| Pleural effusion | 2 | 3.9 | (0.9–15.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3.9 | (0.9–15.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Miliary pattern | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Consolidation or cavity | 51 | 100 | – | 40 | 78.4 | (64.6–87.9) | 24 | 47.1 | (33.5–61.1) | 11 | 21.6 | (12.1–35.4) | 34 | 66.7 | (52.3–78.5) | 31 | 60.8 | (46.4–73.5) | 12 | 23.5 | (13.6–37.5) |