Table 3 Site of infection and diagnostic attributes of extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients registered at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from 2015 to 2017 (N = 651)
From: Treatment outcomes of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Bahawalpur, Pakistan; a record review
Clinical Characteristics | Patients n (%) |
|---|---|
Site of infection | |
Pleural | 217 (33.4) |
Lymphatic | 170 (26.1) |
Abdominal/ascites | 80 (12.3) |
Bone/joint/spinal | 23 (3.5) |
Meningeal | 38 (5.8) |
Skin | 6 (0.9) |
Other a/not recorded | 117 (18) |
Diagnostic test | |
Histopathology | 437 (67.1) |
CT scan/MRI | 67 (10.3) |
X-ray | 409 (62.8) |
Ultrasonography | 76 (11.7) |
Other b | 10 (1.5) |
Not recorded/not done | 15 (2.3) |