| Hospital A (n = 56) | Hospital B (n = 26) | Hospital C (n = 20) | Hospital D (n = 13) |
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Country, hospital type | SA, mining | SA, mining | SA, teaching | UK, teaching |
% male | 100 | 100 | 48 | 60 |
Age/y; median (range) | 48 (26-64) | 43 (20-64) | 37 (22-61) | 46 (24-69) |
Duration of admission/days; median (range) | 11 (1-110) | 7 (1-67) | 5 (3-32) | 38 (7-85) |
TB treatment completed previously; n (%) | 26 (46) | 10 (39) | 3 (10) | 0 (0) |
†HIV-infected; n (%) | 54 (96) | 23 (89) | 16 (80) | 5 (39) |
TB treated at final admission; n (%) | 32 (57) | 16 (62) | 14 (70) | 12 (92) |
Empirical TB treatment; n (%) | 17 (53) | 4 (25) | 6 (43) | 3 (25) |