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. 2021 May 21;100(20):e25821. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025821

Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients.

Total (n = 127)
Age, y (median, range) 51.0 (16.0–81.0)
Male (n, %) 68 (53.5)
Symptoms (n, %)
 Cough and expectoration 111 (87.4)
 Fever 39 (30.7)
 Hemoptysis 6 (4.7)
 Chest pain 4 (3.1)
 Night sweats 6 (4.7)
 Emaciation 2 (1.6)
 PE finding 9 (7.1)
Computed tomography features
 Spot and patch (n, %) 121 (95.3)
 Cord 12 (9.4)
 Nodule 7 (5.5)
 Cavitation 18 (14.2)
 Plural effusion 2 (1.6)
Final diagnosis (n, %)
 Pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 4 with tracheal tuberculosis) 87 (68.5)
 Pneumonia 13 (10.2)
 Bronchiectasis with infection 5 (3.9)
 Lung abscess 5 (3.9)
 Lung cancer 2 (1.6)
 Old tuberculosis with infection 9 (7.1)
 AECOPD 6 (4.7)