Clinical Study
Correlates of Delayed Diagnosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Rural HIV Clinic, South Africa
Table 2
Diagnosis delay duration by method of diagnosis.
| | Method of TB diagnosis | 57 to 86 days delay **N (%) | 87 to 236 days delay **N (%) | >236 days delay **N (%) | Total Number (%) | value |
| | Clinical history and chest X-ray | 4 (15.3) | 5 (19.2) | 10 (40) | 19 (24.7) | 0.016 | | Sputum smear positive | 3 (11.5) | 2 (7.7) | 7 (28) | 12 (15.6) | | Sputum culture | 20 (74.1) | 19 (73.1) | 8 (32) | 47 (60.3) | | Total | 27 (100) | 26 (100) | 25 (100) | 78 (100) |
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**N: number of TB patients diagnosed within each time duration.
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