Research Article
Comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and the Conventional Sputum Microscopy in Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Northern Thailand
Table 1
Demographic data of 57 patients with clinically suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.
| Demographic data | Patients () |
| Female | 23 (40.4%) | Age (mean ± SD) | 55.6 ± 20.1 | Underlying lung diseases | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 6 (10.7%) | Bronchiectasis | 4 (7.1%) | Other chronic lung diseases | 3 (5.4%) | HIV serostatus | | Positive | 15 (26.3%) | Negative | 40 (71.9%) | Not tested | 1 (1.8%) |
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