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Table 2 Common TB symptoms and GeneXpert positivity amongst screened inpatients (n = 300)

From: Missed pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross sectional study in the general medical inpatient wards of a large referral hospital in Ethiopia

TB symptoms

Yes

GeneXpert positive

Prevalence (%)

Cough of any duration

187 (62.3%)

10

5.3

Cough ≥2wks

125 (41.7%)

10

8.0

Fever

140 (46.7%)

9

6.4

Night sweat

74 (24.7%)

4

5.4

Chest pain

98 (32.7%)

3

3.1

Contact history

26 (8.7%)

1

3.8