Table 2.
Final presenting diagnoses of patients with tuberculosis and other diseases
| All tuberculosis (n=301) | Other diseases*(n=327) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture-negative tuberculosis | 76 (25%) | .. | |
| Smear-positive tuberculosis | 50 (17%) | .. | |
| Smear-negative tuberculosis | 198 (66%) | .. | |
| Smear not tested | 53 (18%) | .. | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis† | 101 (34%) | .. | |
| Extrapulmonary tuberculosis | 164 (54%) | .. | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis plus extrapulmonary tuberculosis | 36 (12%) | .. | |
| Site of tuberculosis infection‡ | |||
| Abdomen | 8 (3%) | .. | |
| Bone | 6 (2%) | .. | |
| CNS | 5 (2%) | .. | |
| Chest | 2 (<1%) | .. | |
| Lung | 136 (45%) | .. | |
| Lymph node | 131 (44%) | .. | |
| Miliary tuberculosis (disseminated) | 11 (4%) | .. | |
| Pericardium | 5 (2%) | .. | |
| Pleura | 23 (8%) | .. | |
| Spine | 16 (5%) | .. | |
| Other site | 22 (7%) | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 69 (21%) | |
| Sarcoidosis | .. | 34 (10%) | |
| Cancer | .. | 26 (8%) | |
| Non-pneumonia lower respiratory tract infection | .. | 24 (7%) | |
| Bronchiectasis | .. | 21 (6%) | |
| Reactive lymphadenopathy | .. | 14 (4%) | |
| Upper respiratory tract infection | .. | 10 (3%) | |
| Asthma | .. | 10 (3%) | |
| Atypical Mycobacterium spp infection | .. | 9 (3%) | |
| Other diagnoses§ | .. | 110 (34%) | |
*
Some patients had multiple diagnoses.
†
For patients with highly probable tuberculosis, 16 (18%) had pulmonary tuberculosis, 64 (72%) had extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and nine (10%) had both.
‡
Some patients had tuberculosis at multiple anatomical sites.
§
Fewer than five cases per diagnosis.