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Table 2 Site of PR by ethnicity

From: Determinants of treatment-related paradoxical reactions during anti-tuberculosis therapy: a case control study

Site of PRa

Number of patients by ethnicity (percentage of total ethnic group with PR)

Black

East Asian

Other

South Asian

White

Total

32 (100 %)

6 (100 %)

3 (100 %)

33 (100 %)

8 (100 %)

Chestb

15 (47 %)

1 (17 %)

–

6 (18 %)

1 (13 %)

Systemic Symptomsc

13 (40 %)

1 (17 %)

–

2 (6 %)

4 (50 %)

Abdominal

6 (19 %)

–

–

–

1 (13 %)

Brain

2 (6 %)

–

–

–

–

Peripheral lymph nodes

8 (25 %)

4 (67 %)

3 (100 %)

25 (76 %)

4 (50 %)

Other

2 (6 %)

1 (17 %)

1 (33 %)

1 (3 %)

3 (38 %)

  1. aPR may occur at more than one site for each patient, so percentages do not sum to 100 %
  2. bPulmonary, pleural, and mediastinal lymph nodes
  3. cSystemic symptoms are persistent fever and persistent night sweats