From: Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: does duration of cough matter?
Positive smears
Cough duration
Total
Two weeks or more
Less than two weeks
Overall*
250/1955 (12.8%)
21/240 (8.7%)
271/2195 (12.3%)
Males**
149/250 (59.6%)
14/21 (66.7%)
163/271 (60.1%)
Females**
101/250 (40.4%)
7/21 (33.3%)
108/271 (39.9%)