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The correlation of CT patterns was evaluated with Spearman analysis, and the predictors for AFB positivity were assessed with the multivariate analysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The most common symptom of aPTB was cough (84.6%), followed by fever and anorexia (47.1 and 41.7%, respectively). Infiltrated patchy was the most common radiological pattern (84.9%), followed by nodules (3\u201310\u2009mm), micronodules (&lt;3\u2009mm), and consolidation (79.2, 78.8, and 66.0%, respectively). Nodules (3\u201310\u2009mm) and micronodules (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.988, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), consolidation and air bronchogram (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.590, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), and pulmonary atelectasis and consolidation (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.323, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) showed high correlation. In the multivariate analysis, hyperpyrexia (OR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.22\u20134.29) and bronchiectasis (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.04\u20134.06) were the predictors of AFB-smear positivity, while bulla (OR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.05\u20130.97) was the predictor of AFB-smear negativity.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study demonstrated the clinical and radiological features of aPTB mimicking pneumonia. Several paired radiological findings may guide us to the diagnosis of aPTB. Hyperpyrexia and bronchiectasis may be helpful for predicting AFB positivity, and bulla may be a predictive sign of AFB negativity.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/med-2021-0349","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,28]],"date-time":"2021-10-28T20:26:58Z","timestamp":1635452818000},"page":"1608-1615","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Clinical features of atypical tuberculosis mimicking bacterial pneumonia"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Min","family":"Qi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital , Sichuan University , Chengdu , 610041 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pei-Jun","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital , Sichuan University , Chengdu , 610041 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ye","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital , Sichuan University , Chengdu , 610041 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zong-An","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital , Sichuan University , Chengdu , 610041 , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2022091918191487551_j_med-2021-0349_ref_001","unstructured":"World Health Organization. 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