Clinical features and outcomes of abdominal tuberculosis in southeastern Korea: 12 years of experience

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Table 4 Diagnostic method in 139 patients with abdominal tuberculosis

Characteristic	All patients (n = 139)	Luminal TB (n = 69)	Peritoneal TB (n = 28)	Nodal TB (n = 7)	Visceral TB (n = 23)	Mixed TB (n = 12)
Microbiologic diagnosis	51 (37.0%)	23 (33.3%)	7 (25.0%)	2 (28.6%)	15 (68.2%) ^{c, f}	4 (33.3%)
Histological diagnosis	59 (42.8%)	27 (39.1%)	8 (28.6%)	6 (85.7%) ^{b, e}	12 (54.5%)	6 (50.0%)
Clinical diagnosis	63 (45.3%)	35 (50.7%) ^c	18 (64.3%) ^{e, f}	1 (14.3%)	3 (13.6%)	6 (50.0%) ^j
Operation	21 (15.1%)	2 (2.9%)	4 (14.3%)	3 (42.9%) ^b	10 (43.5%) ^{c, f}	2 (16.7%)
*Confirmed diagnosis by operation	19 (90.4%)	2 (100%)	4 (100%)	3 (100%)	9 (90%)	1 (50%)
Percutaneous biopsy group	16 (11.5%)	0 (0%) ^{a, b, c, d}	6 (21.4%)	3 (42.9%)	3 (13.0%)	4 (33.3%)
*Confirmed diagnosis by percutaneous biopsy	13 (81.3%)	0/0	4 (66.7%)	2 (66.7%)	3 (100%)	4 (100%)
Endoscopy or colonoscopy	70 (50.4%)	65 (94.2%) ^{a, b, c, d}	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (33.3%) ^{g, j}
*Confirmed diagnosis by endoscopy or colonoscopy	34 (48.6%)	32 (49.2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (25%)
Paracentesis	33	0	27 (96.4%) ^{a, e, f, g}	0	0	6 (50.0%) ^{g, j}
*Confirmed diagnosis by paracentesis	8 (24.2%)	0 (0%)	6 (21.4%) ^a,f	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (33.3%) ^d

Data are presented as the median (interquartile range) for continuous data and percentages for categorical data
*A Confirmed diagnosis was defined as microbiologic or histological diagnosis
^a: P < 0.05 Luminal TB vs. Peritoneal TB, ^b: P < 0.05 Luminal TB vs. Nodal TB, ^c: P < 0.05 Luminal TB vs. Visceral TB, ^d: P < 0.05 Luminal TB vs. Mixed TB, ^e: P < 0.05 Peritoneal TB vs. Nodal TB, ^f: P < 0.05 Peritoneal TB vs. Visceral TB, ^g: P < 0.05 Peritoneal TB vs. Mixed TB, ^h: P < 0.05 Nodal TB vs. Visceral TB, ⁱ: P < 0.05 Nodal TB vs. Mixed TB, ^j: P < 0.05 Visceral TB vs. Mixed TB

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