Table 2. Laboratory characteristics of children and adolescents with tuberculosis in groups A and B.a .
| AFB | TOTAL (n = 43) | p-value* | PTB (n = 13) | p-value* | EPTB (n = 17) | p-value* | PTB + EPTB (n = 10) | p-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | A (n = 29) | B (n = 14) | A (n = 6) | B (n = 7) | A (n = 12) | B (n = 5) | A (n = 8) | B (n = 2) | ||||
| Positive | 3 (9%) | 4 (28%) | <0.17 | 2 (33%) | 3 (43%) | <0.7 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | <0.8 | 1 (12%) | 1 (50%) | <0.2 |
| Negative | 23 (91%) | 10 (72%) | 4 (67%) | 4 (57%) | 12 (100%) | 5 (100%) | 7 (88%) | 1 (50%) | ||||
| Culture M.tb. | TOTAL (n = 31) | PTB (n = 11) | EPTB (n = 14) | PTB + EPTB (n = 6) | ||||||||
| Group | A (n = 21) | B (n = 10) | A (n = 5) | B (n = 6) | A (n = 11) | B (n = 3) | A (n = 5) | B (n = 1) | ||||
| Positive | 3 (15%) | 3 (30%) | <0.3 | 1 (6%) | 2 (33%) | <0.6 | 0 (0%) | 1 (33%) | <0.04 | 2 (40%) | 0 (0%) | <0.5 |
| Negative | 18 (85%) | 7 (70%) | 4 (94%) | 4 (67%) | 11 (100%) | 2 (67%) | 3 (60%) | 1 (100%) | ||||
| XPERT | TOTAL (n = 33) | PTB (n = 10) | EPTB (n = 15) | PTB + EPTB (n = 9) | ||||||||
| Group | A (n = 23) | B (n = 10) | A (n = 5) | B (n = 5) | A (n = 12) | B (n = 3) | A (n = 7) | B (n = 2) | ||||
| Detectable+ | 18 (77%) | 3 (30%) | <0.01 | 4 (60%) | 2 (40%) | <0.19 | 8 (67%) | 0 (0%) | <0.03 | 6 (86%) | 1 (50%) | <0.2 |
| Not Detectable | 6 (23%) | 7 (70%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) | 4 (33%) | 3 (100%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (50%) | ||||
EPTB: extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PTB: pulmonary Tuberculosis; Group A (2020-2021); Group B (2019-2020). aValues expressed as n (%). *Chi-square test. +In the Ultra test, the category trace was included as detectable.