Is increasing complexity of algorithms the price for higher accuracy? virtual comparison of three algorithms for tertiary level management of chronic cough in people living with HIV in a low-income country

Table 1 baseline characteristics of patients (n = 201).

Age (years)	Count	%
15-24	22	11
25-34	72	36
35-44	69	34,5
45-54	29	14
55-64	8	4
65-74	1	0,5
sex
male	82	41
female	119	59
Diagnosis
TB smear positive	43	21,4
Pneumocystis jirovecii	39	19,4
Pleural TB	25	12,4
Lobar pneumonia	21	10,4
Miliar TB	18	9
Atypical pneumonia	18	9
Kaposi 's sarcoma	7	3,5
Empyema	3	1,5
Pulmonar abscess	3	1,5
Mediastinal adenopathy (ADP) TB	3	1,5
Cavitary TB	2	1
Pericardial TB	2	1
Other diagnosis*	9	4,5
no diagnosis	9	4,5

Other diagnosis: encephalitis, other forms of extra pulmonary TB x 4, (newly diagnosed) heart failure, haemolytic anaemia, pneumothorax, cryptococcal meningitis.

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