Table 3.

Differential Diagnoses for Participants With Unlikely Tuberculosis

 NNon-TB Lung InfectionPost-TB SequelaeILDSystemic InfectionsAsthmaCOPD OR Other Obstructive Lung DiseaseLung NeoplasiaHematological MalignancyChronic Kidney DiseaseBronchiectasis
All unlikely TB296422111111
FASHoriginal132102111011
Pleural effusion, any112102111010
Pleural effusion >400 mL30100100010
Pericardial effusion >1 cm20100000001
Spleen lesions30101000000
Liver lesions20001001000
Abdominal lymph nodes10001000000
Ascites20100000010
Internal mammary lymph nodes31100000000
Peritoneal thickening00000000000
SPC < 1cm246422111011
SPC ≥ 1cm133302101010
Miliary pattern10000000001
CXR suggesting likely TB00000000000
 NNon-TB Lung InfectionPost-TB SequelaeILDSystemic InfectionsAsthmaCOPD OR Other Obstructive Lung DiseaseLung NeoplasiaHematological MalignancyChronic Kidney DiseaseBronchiectasis
All unlikely TB296422111111
FASHoriginal132102111011
Pleural effusion, any112102111010
Pleural effusion >400 mL30100100010
Pericardial effusion >1 cm20100000001
Spleen lesions30101000000
Liver lesions20001001000
Abdominal lymph nodes10001000000
Ascites20100000010
Internal mammary lymph nodes31100000000
Peritoneal thickening00000000000
SPC < 1cm246422111011
SPC ≥ 1cm133302101010
Miliary pattern10000000001
CXR suggesting likely TB00000000000

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CXR, chest x-ray; FASH, focused assessment with sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis; ILD, interstitial lung disease; SPC, subpleural consolidations; TB, tuberculosis.

Table 3.

Differential Diagnoses for Participants With Unlikely Tuberculosis

 NNon-TB Lung InfectionPost-TB SequelaeILDSystemic InfectionsAsthmaCOPD OR Other Obstructive Lung DiseaseLung NeoplasiaHematological MalignancyChronic Kidney DiseaseBronchiectasis
All unlikely TB296422111111
FASHoriginal132102111011
Pleural effusion, any112102111010
Pleural effusion >400 mL30100100010
Pericardial effusion >1 cm20100000001
Spleen lesions30101000000
Liver lesions20001001000
Abdominal lymph nodes10001000000
Ascites20100000010
Internal mammary lymph nodes31100000000
Peritoneal thickening00000000000
SPC < 1cm246422111011
SPC ≥ 1cm133302101010
Miliary pattern10000000001
CXR suggesting likely TB00000000000
 NNon-TB Lung InfectionPost-TB SequelaeILDSystemic InfectionsAsthmaCOPD OR Other Obstructive Lung DiseaseLung NeoplasiaHematological MalignancyChronic Kidney DiseaseBronchiectasis
All unlikely TB296422111111
FASHoriginal132102111011
Pleural effusion, any112102111010
Pleural effusion >400 mL30100100010
Pericardial effusion >1 cm20100000001
Spleen lesions30101000000
Liver lesions20001001000
Abdominal lymph nodes10001000000
Ascites20100000010
Internal mammary lymph nodes31100000000
Peritoneal thickening00000000000
SPC < 1cm246422111011
SPC ≥ 1cm133302101010
Miliary pattern10000000001
CXR suggesting likely TB00000000000

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CXR, chest x-ray; FASH, focused assessment with sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis; ILD, interstitial lung disease; SPC, subpleural consolidations; TB, tuberculosis.

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