Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of individuals resistant to M. tuberculosis infection in a longitudinal TB household contact study in Kampala, Uganda

Table 5 Number of individuals by clinical group considered “high risk” according to Mandalakas et al. criteria

“High risk” is defined as a pediatric risk score ≥5 out of 9, or an adult risk score ≥6 out of 10. Components of the risk score can be found in the Additional file 1, No statistically significant differences seen across clinical groups within age group (p > 0.05).
PTST- = Persistently negative tuberculin skin test; TSTC = Tuberculin skin test converter; TST + = tuberculin skin test positive at baseline.