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Table 3 Comparison of TB culture positive and culture negative patients

From: A retrospective review of a tertiary Hospital’s isolation and de-isolation policy for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Positive TB Culture (N = 20)

Negative TB Culture (N = 101)

p-value

Mean Age - yr

58.4

60.9

0.525

Symptomatic* - no. (%)

19 (95)

89 (88.1)

0.692

Median symptom duration - days

21

14

0.634

CXR suggestive of active TB - no. (%)

5 (25)

10 (10)

0.129

Mean length of hospitalization - days

18.4

11.6

0.057

Mean cost of stay in isolation ward - USD

2624

1727

<0.01

  1. CXR = chest radiograph, TB = tuberculosis.
  2. *includes cough, fever, anorexia, loss of weight, dyspnea and hemoptysis.