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Table 3 Signs and symptoms, imaging results, bacteriology and treatment status for TB cases with and those without or unknown HIV co-infection as observed in the Zambia national TB prevalence survey

From: The prevalence of HIV among adults with pulmonary TB at a population level in Zambia

Variable

TB Cases with HIV

N (%)

TB Cases without HIV

N (%)

TB Cases with Unknown HIV status

N (%)

Total

N (%)

Number of cases

36 (13.6)

115 (43.4)

114 (43.0)

265 (100)

Cough ≥2 weeks

19 (52.8)

59 (51.3)

73 (64.0)

151 (57.0)

Fever ≥2 weeks

7 (19.4)

27 (23.5)

33 (28.9)

67 (25.3)

Chest pain ≥2 weeks

17 (47.2)

58 (50.4)

60 (52.6)

135 (50.9)

Chest x-ray abnormality

32 (88.9)

80 (43.5)

93 (81.6)

205 (77.4)

Smear positive

18 (50.0)

49 (42.6)

59 (51.7)

126 (47.5)

Culture positive

34 (94.4)

83 (72.2)

98 (86.0)

215 (81.1)

Currently on TB treatment

0 (0.0)

2 (1.7)

5 (4.4)

7 (2.6)

Ever treated for TB

5 (13.9)

13 (11.3)

17 (14.9)

35 (13.2)

Household member ever treated for TB

3 (8.3)

16 (13.9)

21 (18.4)

40 (15.1)