Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients

Age (mean, range)

29,5 (0 – 65)

34

Gender

 Male

15

38

39.5

 Female

23

38

60.5

Comorbidities

 HIV

1

28

3.6

 Immunosuppressive treatment

6

29

20.7

 Diabetes

4

30

13.3

 Malignancy

1

28

3.6

 CVD

0

28

0

 Smoker

3

17

17.6

 CKD

0

28

0

 Pregnancy

5

36

13.9

Clinical manifestation of TB

 Isolated pulmonary

28

41

68.3

 Extrapulmonary

1

41

2.4

 Disseminated

12

41

29.3

Specific organ manifestations

 Lung

36

43

83.7

 Pleura

4

38

10.5

 Lymph node

3

38

7.9

 Abdominal

8

38

21.1

 Bone

4

38

10.5

 Urogenital

2

38

5.3

 CNS

5

38

13.2

 Spine

3

38

7.9

 Other

9

38

23.7

Clinical manifestations

 Fever

19

30

63.3

 Weight loss

11

30

36.7

 Night sweat

4

30

13.3

 Cavity one lobe

7

33

21.2

 Cavity bilobal

6

32

18.8

 Infiltration one lobe

2

33

6.1

 Infiltration bilobal

29

33

87.9

 Haemoptysis

2

32

6.3

 Coinfection

15

33

45.5

  Bacterial pneumonia

10

15

66.7

  UTI

2

15

13.3

  Blood stream infection

2

15

13.3

  Fungal

3

15

20.0

  Viral

2

15

13.3

  Other

1

15

6.7