Twenty four (35.8%) patients had pulmonary disease only, 21 (31.3%) had extrapulmonary disease only, and 22 (32.8%) had association of pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease. The most common symptoms were fever (44.8%), loss of weight (38.8%), cough (29.9%), and neurologic ones (22.4%). Reticular infiltrate (35.8%) was the most common radiographic finding, followed by consolidation (23.9%). Forty six patients collected a sputum sample, of whom 25 (54.3%) were sputum-smear positive. Mycobacterial cultures were positive in 35 (52.2%) patients (13 bronchoalveolar lavage, 8 pleural effusion, 3 spontaneous sputum, 3 bone marrow, 2 cerebrospinal fluid, 2 blood, 1 induced sputum, 1 fine needle aspiration of lymphonode, 1 ascitic fluid, 1 urine). In 9 (13.4%), TB diagnosis was based on clinical, epidemiologic and radiographic findings. The median interval from hospital admission until initiation of treatment was 3 days (range: 1 -8).