Clinical Study
Prognostic Factors in Tuberculosis Related Mortalities in Hospitalized Patients
Table 1
Diagnostic, inclusion, and exclusion criteria for cases and controls*.
| Parameters for TB diagnosis | | Positive sputum smear and/or culture for AFB | | CXR with evidence of cavitations, infiltration, and/or fibrosis | | Clinical indicators of TB, chronic persistent: low-grade fever with night sweats, productive cough, weight loss, and anorexia | | Inclusion criteria | | Fulfilling two or more diagnostic parameters for pulmonary TB | | Patients admitted within the same month of the year | | Exclusion criteria | | No clear evidence of active pulmonary TB | | Exclusively extrapulmonary TB | | Cause of death other than TB (for cases) | |
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TB: tuberculosis; AFB: acid-fast bacilli; CXR: chest X-ray.
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