Comparison of patient characteristics between groups detected by either the urine LAM strip or early empiric treatment alone, or missed both bedside diagnostic methods (only patients with definite- or probable-TB were included).

§MEWS: Modified early warning score is an admission triage score based on illness severity and higher scores correlated with poor outcomes and increased mortality [19].
†P-values indicate significant differences between patient groups (marked with * and # to indicate comparison group) for different patient characteristics.
LAM: Lipoarabinomannan; Rx: treatment; IQR: interquartile range.