Table 3.
Spectrum of mycobacterial disease recorded in HIV-infected children treated for TB
Diagnosis | Number (%) |
M. tuberculosis | 135 (98.5) |
Intra-thoracic | 102 (74.5) |
Extra-thoracic | 5 (4) |
Intra- and extra-thoracic* | 28 (20) |
Concurrent M. bovis BCG** | 5 |
Localized (axillary adenitis) | 5 |
Distant or disseminated | 0 |
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria | |
Pulmonary# | 2 (1.5) |
TOTAL | 137 (100%) |
*9 cases of miliary TB are included in this group
**BCG: bacillus Calmette-Guérin
#Non-tuberculous mycobacteria cultured from gastric aspirates