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Table 2 Clinical presentation

From: Clinical presentation, demographics and outcome of Tuberculosis (TB) in a low incidence area: a 4-year study in Geneva, Switzerland

n = 252

n (%)

Pulmonary TB

158 (63)

   • Smear +/Culture +

93 (59)*

   • Smear -/Culture +

58 (37)*

   • Smear -/Culture -

7 (4)* #

   • Cavitary disease

36 (23)*

   • New TB cases

151 (96)*

Extrapulmonary TB

137 (54)

   • Adenitis

74 (29)

   • Pleuritis

18 (7)

   • Abdominal TB

17 (7)

   • Osteo-articular TB

17 (7)

   • Urogenital tractus TB

16 (6)

   • ENT TB

4 (2)

   • Other

21 (8)

  1. TB: tuberculosis; ENT = ear, nose and throat;
  2. *: percentage of pulmonary TB cases; sputum or bronchoscopy samples.
  3. Total number of cases exceeds 252 because multiple organ involvement possible.
  4. #: Smear -/Culture -: diagnosis based on either positive culture or histopathology of other organ, and favourable radiological evolution of pulmonary involvement under treatment
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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