Research Article
Yield of Smear Microscopy and Radiological Findings of Male and Female Patients with Tuberculosis in Abuja, Nigeria
Table 3
Radiological scores of patients with positive culture by gender and HIV status.
| | Cavities | Areas affected | Score | HIV-positive | HIV-negative | HIV-positive | HIV-negative | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| 0 | 11 (15) | 16 (31) | 14 (13) | 5 (12) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 | 14 (19) | 13 (25) | 22 (21) | 8 (19) | 7 (10) | 7 (14) | 6 (6) | 7 (16) | 2 | 31 (43) | 17 (33) | 49 (46) | 17 (40) | 11 (15) | 18 (35) | 22 (21) | 11 (26) | 3 | 16 (22) | 6 (12) | 21 (20) | 12 (29) | 15 (21) | 11 (21) | 37 (35) | 9 (21) | 4 | | | | | 19 (26) | 11 (21) | 28 (26) | 6 (14) | 5 | | | | | 13 (18) | 5 (10) | 9 (9) | 5 (12) | 6 | | | | | 5 (7) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 5 (12) |
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Cavity scores were not available for two patients.
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