Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Table 3

Clinical presentation and chest imaging in CKD patients with tuberculosis.

Parameters	Frequency	Percentage
Clinical presentation
Decreased appetite	42	85.7
Fever	41	83.7
Weight loss	25	51
Cough	24	49
Dyspnea	23	46.9
Chest pain	10	20.4
Hemoptysis	2	4.1
Others	7	14.3
Chest imaging
Normal	16	32.7
Pleural effusion	8	16.3
Consolidation	1	2.0
Bilateral pulmonary infiltrate	4	8.2
Consolidation with effusion	5	10.2
Unilateral infiltrate	2	4.1
Miliary pattern	2	4.1
Fibrosis in upper lobe with mediastinal lymphadenopathy	4	8.2
Pericardial effusion	5	10.2
Consolidation with tree in bird appearance	1	2.0
Lung abscess	1	2.0