Table 2.
Presenting symptoms
| Presenting symptoms | Pulmonary (n = 56) |
Cerebral (n = 32) |
Peripheral (n = 17) |
Abdominal (n = 19) |
Total (n = 124) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Fever | 56 | 100 | 18 | 56.25 | 12 | 70.6 | 15 | 78.9 | 101 | 81.5 |
| cough | 49 | 87.5 | 12 | 37.5 | 6 | 35.3 | 4 | 21 | 71 | 57.3 |
| Shortness of breath | 52 | 92.8 | – | – | 11 | 64.7 | 4 | 21 | 84 | 67.7 |
| Chest tightness | 48 | 85.7 | 10 | 31.25 | – | – | – | – | 58 | 46.8 |
| ECG changes | 37 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 29.8 |
| Abdominal pain | 14 | 25 | 5 | 15.6 | – | – | 18 | 94.7 | 37 | 29.8 |
| Diarrhea | – | – | 2 | – | – | 8 | 42.1 | 10 | 8.1 | |
| Intestinal obstruction | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Loss of consciousness | – | – | 8 | 25 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6.5 |
| Motor weakness | – | – | 16 | 50 | – | – | – | 16 | 12.9 | |
| Sensory loss | – | – | 5 | 15.6 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4.0 |
| Headache | 18 | 32.1 | 12 | 37.5 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 24.2 |
| Limb edema | – | – | – | – | 11 | 64.7 | – | – | 11 | 8.9 |
| Acute claudicating pain | – | – | – | – | 6 | 35.3 | – | – | 6 | 4.8 |