A systematic review of hepatic tuberculosis with considerations in human immunodeficiency virus co-infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Presenting signs and symptoms of hepatic TB patients

Lead author	N	Frequency of presenting sign/symptom (%)
(Year)		Hepatomegaly	Fever	Respiratory SX	ABD pain	LOW	Splenomegaly	Ascites	Jaundice
Hersch (1964) [32]	143	74	97	66	55	83	35	ND	22
Alvarez (1983) [29]	130	96	65	ND	45	55	25	ND	35
Essop (1984) [18]	96	80	70	74	66	ND	40	25	11
Maharaj (1987) [20]	41	95	63	78	46	61	32	24	15
Chien (1994) [2]	22	50	64	32	59	32	18	23	18
Kok (1999) [44]	5	100	ND	ND	80	ND	0	ND	60
Vilaichone (2004) [45]	20	80	100	ND	60	60	40	ND	20
Yu (2004) [60]	12	33	67	ND	83	42	ND	ND	17
Desai (2006) [14]	7	100	100	ND	71	100	ND	ND	29
Tai (2008) [19]	10	10	30	ND	40	20	10	10	0
Gounder (2012) [30]	20	85	ND	40	ND	ND	30	5	35
Median (Range)		80 (10–100)	67 (30–100)	66 (32–78)	59.5(40–83)	57.5 (20–100)	30 (0–40)	23 (5–25)	20 (0–60)

TB = Tuberculosis; SX = Symptoms; LOW = Loss of weight; ABD = Abdominal; ND = Not documented.

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