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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of children, stratified by TB status

From: Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pediatric stool samples using TruTip technology

Variable

 

All children (N = 259) n (%)

SM+, CU+ TBa (N = 7) n (%)

SM-, CU+ TBa (N = 15) n (%)

All CU+ TB (N = 22) n (%)

Clinically-diagnosed unconfirmed TB (N = 84) n (%)

No TB diagnosis (N = 153) n (%)

Age group (years)

0–4

125 (48)

0 (0)

8 (53)

8 (36)

42 (50)

75 (49)

 

5–10

37 (14)

0 (0)

5 (33)

5 (23)

34 (40)

58 (38)

 

11–14

97 (37)

7 (100)

2 (13)

9 (41)

8 (10)

20 (13)

Female sex

 

124 (48)

5 (71)

6 (40)

11 (50)

47 (56)

66 (43)

Ability to spontaneously produce a sputum sample

 

106 (41)

7 (100)

6 (40)

13 (59)

32 (38)

61 (40

Cavitary disease on chest x-ray

 

5 (1.9)

5 (71)

0 (0)

5 (23)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. aCU culture, SM smear