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Tuberculosis: 4. Pulmonary disease
| Table 1: Frequency of symptoms in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis* |
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| Symptom |
No. of
patients examined |
No. (and %) with symptom |
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| Cough |
185 |
144 |
(78) |
| Weight loss |
181 |
134 |
(74) |
| Fatigue |
165 |
112 |
(68) |
| Tactile fever |
183 |
109 |
(60) |
| Night sweats |
177 |
98 |
(55) |
| Chills |
180 |
92 |
(51) |
| Anorexia |
167 |
76 |
(46) |
| Chest pain |
179 |
71 |
(40) |
| Shortness of breath |
173 |
64 |
(37) |
| Hemoptysis |
181 |
51 |
(28) |
| No respiratory symptoms |
186 |
13 |
(7) |
| None of above symptoms |
187 |
9 |
(5) |
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| *Reproduced, with the permission of the publisher, from Barnes and associates.12
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