An Evaluation of the Diagnostic Value of Clinical and Radiological Manifestations in Patients Attending The Addis Ababa Tuberculosis Centre
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (5), 355-361
- https://doi.org/10.1080/003655401750173986
Abstract
Our investigation is based on 1,000 consecutive patients attending the routine outpatient services of the Addis Ababa Tuberculosis Demonstration and Training Centre (ATBDTC) in Addis Ababa during the period November 1996-March 1997. By using sputum microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), chest radiography (CXR) and clinical assessment these patients had been diagnosed as having either AFB-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) (n = 139), AFB-negative PTB (n = 61) or non-tuberculosis (non-TB) (nKeywords
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