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Fig. 2

From: Computed tomography-based predictive nomogram for differentiating primary progressive pulmonary tuberculosis from community-acquired pneumonia in children

Fig. 2

Patient recruitment in this study. Note: Confirmed TB* refers to Mycobacterium tuberculosis to be confirmed (culture or Xpert MTB/RIF assay) from at least one respiratory specimen (e.g., sputum, nasopharyngeal/gastric aspirate, and pleural fluid). Lymph nodes** refers to uniformity with no calcification and necrosis in the lymph nodes. Streptococcus and mycoplasma pneumonia# are diagnosed via the detection of Streptococcus in pleural effusion or blood culture and positive IgM antibodies against Mycoplasma in the serum, respectively

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