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 |