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Table 2 Microbiologically confirmed and clinically diagnosed HIV-TB cases

From: Role of routine abdominal ultrasonography in intensified tuberculosis case finding algorithms at HIV clinics in high TB burden settings

HIV cases screened

No TB or new TB

HIV-TB cases

Microbiologically confirmed TB cases

PTB +/− EPTB (microbiologically confirmed TB)

EPTB only (microbiologically confirmed TB)

Abdominal TB (Probable/ Possible)

Cases already on ATT at entry (n = 340)

0

340 (known TB cases)

102

239 (72)

101 (30)

113 (56/57)

Cases not known to have TB at entry (n = 549)

458

91 (new TB diagnosis)

2

2 (2)

89 (0)

87 (41/43) + 3 cases treated as abdominal TB empirically

TOTAL

458

431

104

241 (74)

190 (30)

200 (97/100)

  1. PTB= Pulmonary TB; EPTB= Extra pulmonary TB; ATT= anti-tubercular therapy, +/− = with or without