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. 2014 May 12;9(5):e97267. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097267

Table 3. Presenting Symptoms According to Site of Disease and Age.

All children 0–4 years 5–15 years P value
Symptom or Finding n (%) n (%) n (%)
General symptoms, all TB n = 103 n = 48 n = 55
Fever 67 (65) 34 (71) 33 (60) 0.25
Failure to thrive 58 (56) 31 (65) 27 (49) 0.11
Intrathoracic TB symptoms n = 64 n = 33 n = 31
Fever 52 (81) 29 (88) 23 (74) 0.21
Failure to thrive 37 (58) 21 (64) 16 (51) 0.33
Cough 42 (66) 21 (64) 21 (68) 0.77
Dyspnea 11 (17) 4 (12) 7 (23) 0.39
Chest Pain 10 (16) 0 10 (32) 0.001
Hemoptysis 4 (6) 2 (6) 2 (6) 0.85
Extrathoracic TB symptoms n = 54 n = 26 n = 28
Fever 30 (56) 18 (69) 12 (43) 0.05
Failure to thrive 31 (57) 17 (65) 14 (50) 0.25
TB meningitis symptoms n = 12 n = 6 n = 6
Fever 10 (83) 5 (83) 5 (83) 1.0
Failure to thrive 5 (42) 3 (50) 2 (33) 1.0
Coma 7 (58) 3 (50) 4 (67) 1.0
Seizures 5 (42) 3 (50) 2 (33) 1.0
Limb paresis 4 (33) 2 (33) 2 (33) 1.0
Cranial nerve palsy 1 (8) 1 (17) 0 1.0
Neck pain or stiffness 6 (50) 1 (17) 5 (83) 0.08
Headache 5 (42) 0 5 (83) 0.02
Miliary TB n = 7 n = 6 n = 1
Fever 6 (86) 6 (100) 0 0.14
Failure to thrive 5 (71) 4 (67) 1 (100) 1.0