Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients enrolled (n = 34)

Gender

   Females

12

   Males

22

Age: median (range)

39 (20–70)

Clinical symptoms: n (%)

   Chest pain

34 (100%)

   Productive cough

10 (29%)

   Fever

16 (47%)

   Shortness of breath

16 (47%)

   Night sweat

29 (85%)

   Loss of weight

31 (91%)

   Lymphadenopathy

27 (79%)

   Oral thrush

25 (74%)

Chest x-ray infiltrates: n (%)

2 (6%)

Culture positive TB: n (%)

12 (35%)

Total TB cases: n (%)

28 (82%)

Non-TB cases: n (%)

6 (18%)

HIV positive patients: n (%)

25 (74%)

CD4 cell count HIV positive: median (range)^a)

80 (7–328)

   CD4 cell count > 200 cells/microL

2 (8%)

   CD4 cell count 100–200 cells/microL

7 (28%)

   CD4 cell count < 100 cells/microL

13 (52%)

CD4 cell count HIV negative: median (range)

457 (241–927)