Table 1.
Feature | Score | ||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Weeks of illness (including cough) | <2 | 2–4 | >4 | ||
Nutrition (% weight for age)/malnutrition | >80% | 60–80% | <60%/drop≥ 2 lines | ||
Family history of TB | None | Reported by family | Sputum proven | ||
Tuberculin skin test1 | Reactive1 | ||||
Fever not responding to treatment for >2 weeks | X | ||||
Confirmed or suspected extrapulmonary tuberculosis | X |
The South African National Tuberculosis Control Programme Practical Guidelines, 2004. Study participants with a score of 4 or more (excluding the tuberculin skin test) during screenings at their routine visits every 3 months were screened further by means of a tuberculin skin test and a chest radiograph.
Reactive TST is defined as ≧5 or ≧10mm for HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected, respectively.