Table 2.

Prevalence of oral candidiasis and other oral mucosal lesions by TB status (as determined using sputum culture) among 454 participants in Protocol A5253

Oral lesion (clinical diagnosis)	TB-positive (n = 54) n (%)	TB-negative (n = 400) n (%)	P value
Candidiasis
Any oral candidiasis	19 (35)	62 (16)	<0.001*
Pseudomembranous candidiasis	18 (33)	48 (12)	<0.001*
Erythematous candidiasis	2 (4)	16 (4)	1.00†
Angular cheilitis	0 (0)	5 (1)	1.00†
Other oral mucosal lesions
Hairy leukoplakia	1 (2)	6 (2)	0.59†
Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis/periodontitis	2 (4)	4 (1)	0.15†
Recurrent oral/labial herpes simplex infection	2 (4)	4 (1)	0.15†
Kaposi’s sarcoma	0 (0)	3 (<1)	1.00†
Oral warts	0 (0)	2 (<1)	1.00†
Ulceration not otherwise specified	0 (0)	1 (<1)	1.00†

^*χ² test.

^†Fisher’s exact test.

TB = tuberculosis.