Demographic, clinical and microbiological characteristics of m.tb culture positive and HIV-infected patients in the study population stratified by sputum smear microscopy and urine MTB/RIF results.

#9 patients did not have data CD4 count data.§Includes the following m.tb culture positive samples: 7 blood cultures, 11 pleural fluid samples, 4 pericardial fluid samples, 3 ascitic fluid samples, 8 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples, 1 hip biopsy, 2 Lymph node biopsies, 5 fine needle aspirate, 1 gastric washing, 1 faeces and 2 pus swabs.†P-values indicate significant differences between patient groups (marked with * to indicate comparison group) for demographic, clinical or microbiological characteristics.