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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2006 Jun 2;118(1):e100–6. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-2623

Table 1. ST Criteria for the Diagnosis of TB in Children14,15.

Finding Score
Positive culture 7
TB granuloma 4
Positive purified protein derivative >10 mm 3
Known contact in the last 2 y 2
Suggestive radiograph 2
Suggestive clinical picture (cough >2 wk) 2
Clinical criteria
     Highly probable TB: score ≥7
     Probable TB: score 5–6
     Suspicious TB: score 3–4
     Unlikely TB: score 0–2