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Table 4 Site of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis infection and the number of culture positives from BHDL, Oromia Special Zone and South Wollo, northeastern Ethiopia, April 2015 to January 2017

From: High helminthic co-infection in tuberculosis patients with undernutritional status in northeastern Ethiopia

Site of EPTB infections

Number of infected cases (%)

Number of culture positives (%)

Cervical LNs

55 (56.1)

8 (14.5)

Axilary LNs

8 (8.2)

2 (25.0)

Supraclavicular LNs

6 (6.1)

1 (16.7)

Other LNsa

4 (4.0)

–

Non LN infections

12 (12.2)

4 (33.3)

Not sited (missed)

13 (13.3)

3 (23.1)

Total

98 (100.0)

18 (18.4)

  1. aInguinal, Submandibular and Anterior neck LNs
  2. BHDL Bikat Higher Diagnostic Laboratories, EPTB Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, LNs Lymphadenitis.