From: Serial interferon-gamma release assays during treatment of active tuberculosis in young adults
Characteristics | Values (n = 59) |
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Median age: years (range) | 21 (20-48) |
Male: n (%) | 59 (100) |
BCG scar present: n (%) | 44 (74.6) |
Current smoker | 26 (44.1) |
Diagnosis | |
Pulmonary TB (%) | 46 (78.0) |
Smear positive | 13 (28.9)* |
Culture positive | 33 (71.7)* |
TB pleuritis | 11 (18.6) |
TB lymphadenitis | 1 (1.7) |
TB abscess | 1 (1.7) |