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Article History

Received: 8 December 2021

Accepted: 1 February 2022

First Online: 12 February 2022

Declarations

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: The protocol for patient recruitment and participation in the study followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Dilla University Health Research Ethics Review Committee under the protocol unique number 005/21-01. In the current study, socio-demographic and clinical data of TB suspected patients were collected retrospectively from medical records after getting permission to conduct the study from Dilla University referral hospital medical director and respective departments. Informed consent was not applicable for study participants since the study was retrospective and we have used the clinical data obtained from routine medical services. Strict confidentiality was maintained by removing all patient identifiers and only code numbers were used throughout the study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.