| PTST- | TSTC | TST+ |
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2 years or less | 19/19 (100%) | 21/22 (95.5%) | 101/103 (98.1%) |
>2 and equal to 5 | 27/27 (100%) | 24/24 (100%) | 93/93 (100%) |
>5 or less than 15 | 62/65 (95.4%) | 45/47 (95.7%) | 231/237 (97.5%) |
>15 | 23/31 (74.2%) | 68/75 (90.7%) | 410/467 (87.8%) |
- “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.