Research Article
Prevalence of Malaria and TB Coinfection at a National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre in Uganda
Table 4
Characteristics of participants with malaria/TB co-infection.
| Characteristics of participants with malaria/TB
co-infection | Frequency
(n = 8) | Percentage
(%) |
| | Symptom burden | | | | Low | 2 | 25.0 | | High | 6 | 75.0 | | Body mass Index | | | | low | 3 | 37.5 | | Normal | 5 | 62.5 | | Temperature | | | | Hypothermia | 1 | 12.5 | | Normal | 5 | 62.5 | | Hyper thermic | 2 | 25.0 | | Bacillary Load Grade | | | | Very Low | 2 | 25.0 | | Low | 1 | 12.5 | | Medium | 3 | 37.5 | | Very High | 2 | 25.0 | | Rifampicin resistance (n = 7) | 3 | 42.9 | | Anemia | | | | Moderate | 1 | 12.5 | | Mild | 4 | 50.0 | | Normal hemoglobin | 3 | 37.5 | | MCH | | | | Normal | 7 | 87.5 | | Hypochromic | 1 | 12.5 | | MCV | | | | Microcytic | 6 | 75.0 | | Normal | 2 | 25.0 |
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