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Table 4 Presenting features of TB episodes, differentiated according to level of diagnostic certainty

From: Clinical presentation and outcome of Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected children on anti-retroviral therapy

TB diagnostic category

Total number (%)

TB contact

Positive TST*

Suggestive symptoms**

Bacteriologically confirmed

46 (100)

16 (33)

12 (25)

37 (80)

Radiologically indicated

27 (100)

9 (33)

4 (15)

25 (93)

Clinically suspected

61 (100)

28 (46)

17 (29)

51 (82)

Not TB

3 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (100)

TOTAL

137 (100)

53 (39)

33 (24)

116 (85)

  1. *TST, tuberculin skin test
  2. **Persistent cough for >2 weeks and/or fever for >1 week and/or recent failure to thrive and/or specific organ involvement suggestive of TB