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Table 6 Presenting symptoms in cases with HIV-abdominal TB (N = 200)

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

Presenting symptoma

No. of patients (%)

Weight loss

135 (72.5)

Fever

128 (64)

Cough

96 (48)

Diarrhoea

94 (42)

Abdominal Pain

60 (30)

Breathlessness

52 (26)

Loss of appetite

45 (22.5)

  1. aMore than two symptoms were seen in 64.5% cases
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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