TABLE 1.
Features of pediatric patients with and without TB and of healthy controls
| Feature | Value for:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| TB patients (n = 58) | Non-TB patients (n = 16) | Healthy controls (n = 58) | |
| Median (range) age (mos) | 72 (24-120) | 84 (69-126) | 60 (18.5-102) |
| Males/females | 32/26 | 7/9 | 30/28 |
| No. (%) with: | |||
| Malnutritiona | 49 (84.4) | 9 (56) | 13 (22) |
| BCG vaccination given | 48 (83) | 15 (94) | 58 (100) |
| History of TB contact | 39 (67) | 7 (44) | 0 |
| Positive TST, induration of ≥10 mmb | 28 (51) | 3 (19) | 11 (23) |
| Abnormal chest radiographc | 49 (87.5) | 11 (69) | ND |
| Duration (wks) of symptoms at enrollment (mean ± SD) | 14.1 ± 18 | 5.9 ± 7.2 | |
| No. (%) with the following type of disease: | |||
| Pulmonary TB | 41 (71) | ||
| Glandular TB | 9 (15.5) | ||
| Intestinal TB | 3 (5) | ||
| Spinal TB | 3 (5) | ||
| TB meningitis | 2 (3.4) | ||
| Intestinal cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma | 2 (12) | ||
| Nonspecific lymphadenitis | 13 (21) | ||
| Pneumonitis | 1 (6) | ||
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 1 (7) | ||
| No. (%) lost to follow-up | 12 (20) | 5 (31) | |
a
Weight-for-age Z-scores were used for children below the age of 5 years, while BMI was used for children >5 years old.
b
The TST was not performed on 3 TB patients and 10 healthy children.
c
The chest X-ray was not performed for two TB patients or any healthy controls (ND, not done).