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Table 2 Criteria for screening for active TB (multiple responses allowed, n = 26)

From: Practices and attitudes towards tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection screening in people living with HIV/AIDS among HIV physicians in Japan

Screening criteria for active TB

n

%

Respiratory symptoms

26

100

Country of birth of the patient

21

80.8

History of previous TB treatment

19

73.1

Other socio-economic background

19

73.1

History of contact with a TB case

18

69.2

Other non-respiratory symptoms

15

57.7

Others

2

7.7

  1. TB tuberculosis