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Table 2 Origin and diagnostic results of TB inpatients at CHEO (1998-2008)

From: Children from Baffin Island have a disproportionate burden of tuberculosis in Canada: data from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (1998-2008)

Case/age (y)/sex

Residence

Birth country

PC

HIV status

TST (mm)

CXR

Cx

TB disease site(s)

1

17 m

Ottawa

Somalia

-

U

n/a

-

+

Spine

2

12 f

Ottawa

Somalia

-

-

26

+

+

Adult-type

3

14 f

Ottawa

Somalia

-

U

27

+

+

Abdominal

4

12 f

Baffin

Canada

+

U

27

+

+

Adult-type

5

1 f

Quebec

Canada

+

U

22

+

+

Primary pulmonary

6

14 m

UK

UK

-

U

n/a

+

+

Pleural

7

6 f

Ottawa

Somalia

-

U

16

+

+

Primary pulmonary

8

11 m

Quebec

Canada

-

-

19

+

-

Primary pulmonary

9

6 f

Ottawa

Rwanda

-

+

n/a

-

+

CNS and

abdominal

10

8 f

Quebec

Canada

+

U

20

+

-

Primary pulmonary

11

15 f

Ottawa

Zambia

-

U

n/a

+

+

Pleural

12

13 m

Baffin

Canada

+

U

n/a

+

+

CNS and miliary

13

17 f

Ottawa

Somalia

-

U

n/a

+

+

Superficial LN and primary pulmonary

14

1 m

Baffin

Canada

+

-

25

+

-

Primary pulmonary

15

1 m

Baffin

Canada

+

U

22

+

+

Primary pulmonary

16

1 m

Baffin

Canada

-

U

40

+

+

Primary pulmonary

17

4 m

Baffin

Canada

+

U

n/a

-

-

CNS

18

1 m

Quebec

Canada

-

U

14

+

+

Primary pulmonary

19

14 f

Baffin

Canada

+

U

22

+

-

Pleural

20

17 m

Haiti

US

-

-

20

+

+

Adult-type

  1. PC: proven contact; TST: tuberculin skin test; CXR: chest x-ray; Cx: culture; m: male; f: female; U: unknown; "Quebec" refers to region of western Quebec serviced by CHEO; UK: United Kingdom; US: United States; CNS: central nervous system; LN: lymph node