Research Article
Yield of Smear Microscopy and Radiological Findings of Male and Female Patients with Tuberculosis in Abuja, Nigeria
Table 1
Age and gender distribution of culture positive cases by their HIV and smear microscopy status.
| | Age (yrs) | Male | Female | | HIV+ | HIV− | SM+ | SM− | HIV+ | HIV− | SM+ | SM− |
| | 15–24 | 16 (26.7%) | 44 (73.3%) | 35 (55.6%) | 28 (44.4%) | 40 (59.7%) | 27 (40.3%) | 42 (56.8%) | 32 (43.2%) | | 25–34 | 81 (49.7%) | 82 (50.3%) | 119 (64.3%) | 66 (35.7%) | 72 (62.6%) | 43 (37.4%) | 58 (42.3%) | 79 (57.7%) | | 35–44 | 57 (59.4%) | 39 (40.6%) | 46 (40.4%) | 68 (59.6%) | 21 (58.3%) | 15 (41.7%) | 16 (34.8) | 30 (65.2%) | | 45–54 | 26 (60.5%) | 17 (39.5%) | 22 (43.1%) | 29 (56.9%) | 6 (40%) | 9 (40%) | 5 (23.8%) | 16 (76.2%) | | 55–64 | 6 (42.9%) | 8 (57.1%) | 4(23.5%) | 13 (76.5%) | 0 (0) | 5 (100%) | 2 (20%) | 8 (80%) | | 65–74 | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | | 75–84 | 0 (0) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100%) | 0 (0) | 2 (100%) | | 85 and above | (0) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 0(0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100%) | | Total | 189 (49.3%) | 194 (50.7%) | 229 (52.4%) | 208 (47.6%) | 140 (57.9%) | 102 (42.1%) | 124 (42.2%) | 170 (57.8%) |
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SM = smear-microscopy.
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