Table 1 Clinical and laboratory manifestations of 53 haematological patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection

Elderly

0.28

0.24

Age more than 60 year

25

15

10

20

5

Age less than 60 year

28

12

16

18

10

Gender

0.56

0.34

Male

37

20

17

28

9

Female

16

7

9

10

6

Underlying Diabetes mellitus

0.67

0.66

Yes

6

4

2

5

1

No

47

23

24

33

14

Hematological Disease

0.013

0.76

Acute myeloid leukemia

29

10

19

20

9

Non-Acute myeloid leukemia

24

17

7

18

6

Diagnosis of tuberculosis and malignancy

0.001

0.33

Synchronous^a

17

3

14

14

3

Non-synchronous

36

24

12

24

12

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation

0.19

> 0.99

Yes

6

5

1

4

2

No

47

25

22

34

13

Defeverence within 72 hours^b

0.55

0.030

Yes

17

9

8

15

2

No

31

13

18

18

13

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

> 0.99

Yes

38

19

19

No

15

8

7

Laboratory data^c

Absolute neutrophil count (/uL) at fever

1970

3587

198

0.019

2174

1100

0.87

Absolute neutrophil count (/uL) at nadir

39

761

17

< 0.001

39

39

0.59

Albumin (g/dL)

3.60

3.48

3.70

0.40

3.50

3.6

0.80

Serum alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)

30

26

34

0.67

34

27

0.44

Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)

174

207

141

0.06

175

153

0.52

Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L)

509

574

440

0.96

509

509

0.58

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

5.42

5.43

5.16

0.60

5.59

4.73

0.48

Treatment^d

Standard therapy

39

20

19

> 0.99

31

8

0.048

Fluoroquinolone based therapy

9

4

5

4

5

Outcome (30 days)

Death

3

1

2

0.61

0

3

0.019

Alive

50

26

24

38

12