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. 2012 Sep 28;7(9):e46041. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046041

Table 2. Characteristic of the 75 study children, according to their final diagnosis.

Uninfected Latent TB Probable TB disease Definite TB disease
n = 29 n = 21 n = 20 n = 5
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Age, months (median and IQR) 77 (28–101) 86 (61–101) 52(27–82) 47 (8–97)
Immigrated 21 (72.4) 15 (71.4) 18 (90) 4 (80.0)
BCG vaccinated 5 (17.2) 7 (33.3) 1 (5.0) 0 (0.0)
TST (mm)
<5 28 (96.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (20.0)
≥5 and <10 1 (3.5) 1 (4.8) 2 (10.0) 0 (0.0)
≥10 and <15 0 (0.0) 5 (23.1) 1 (5.0) 1 (20.0)
≥15 0 (0.0) 15 (71.5) 17 (85.0) 3 (60.0)
QFT-G-IT result
negative 29 (100.0) 5 (23.1) 3 (15.0) 5 (100.0)
positive 0 (0.0) 15 (71.5) 17 (85.0) 0 (0.0)
indeterminate 0 (0.0) 1 (4.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

Note. TB: tuberculosis; BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine; TST = tuberculin skin test; QFT-G-IT: QuantiFERON-Gold In Tube test.