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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: A case series of co-infection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other pathogens: insights from nanopore sequencing

Characteristics

Data

Median age (IQR)

58 (35, 65)

Male, n (%)

11 (47.83%)

Symptoms

 Cough, n (%)

13 (56.52%)

 Asthma, n (%)

4 (17.39%)

 Fever, n (%)

3 (13.04%)

 Expectoration, n (%)

8 (34.78%)

 Hemoptysis, n (%)

3 (13.04%)

Laboratory tests

 ESR (mm/h), (IQR)

26.50 (11.75, 84.25)

 CRP (mg/dL), (IQR)

18.51 (1.03, 69.87)

 GM test (ODI), (IQR)

0.24 (0.15, 0.27)

 BG test (pg/mL), (IQR)

37.50 (3.63, 136.05)

Lesion location

 Lung, n (%)

17 (73.91%)

 Bronchus, n (%)

6 (26.09%)

Underlying conditions

 Severe pulmonary infection, n (%)

7 (30.43%)

 Anemia, n (%)

5 (21.74%)

 Malnutrition, n (%)

4 (17.39%)

 Hypohepatia, n (%)

3 (13.04%)

 Hepatitis B surface antigen carriers, n (%)

3 (13.04%)

 Type 2 diabetes, n (%)

4 (17.39%)

  1. Abbreviations: ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, GM test Galactomannan test. BG test, beta-(1,3)-D-glucan test