Table7: Relationship between occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and indications for Respiratory Tract Infection.
Signs and symptoms | Total Number Examined N (%) | Number Positive N (%) | Number sNegative N (%) | P-value |
Chest Pain | 260 (100.0) | 140 (53.8) | 120 (46.2) | 0.030* |
Dyspnea | 260 (100.0) | 20 (7.7) | 240 (92.3) | 0.061 |
Chills | 260 (100.0) | 36 (13.8) | 224 (86.2) | 0.327 |
Bradypnea | 260 (100.0) | 43 (16.5) | 217 (83.5) | 0.226 |
Fever | 260 (100.0) | 5 (1.9) | 255 (98.1) | 0.294 |
Chronic Productive Cough | 260 (100.0) | 141 (54.2) | 119 (45.8) | 0.026* |
Weight Loss | 260 (100.0) | 21 (8.1) | 239 (91.9) | 0.051 |
Night Sweat | 260 (100.0) | 39 (15.0) | 221 (85.0) | 0.128 |
None | 260 (100.0) | 53 (20.4) | 207 (79.6) | 0.709 |
*P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.