Clinically Diagnosed Pulmonary TB and its Association with Mortality in Zambia: A Secondary Data Analysis of a Prospective Diagnostic Cohort

Abstract

Among 582 pulmonary TB patients, 293 (50.3%) patients were clinically diagnosed. Previous TB history, age, symptom duration and chest X-ray interpretation were independently associated with clinically diagnosed TB. Clinically diagnosed TB was not associated with an increased mortality rate compared to bacteriologically confirmed TB.