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.