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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Jan;20(1):93–100. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0848

Table 1.

Algorithm for screening and diagnosing clinical tuberculosis during IMPAACT P1041*

Feature Score
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.

1

Reactive TST is defined as ≧5 or ≧10mm for HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected, respectively.