Agreement between QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube and the tuberculin skin test and predictors of positive test results in Warao Amerindian pediatric tuberculosis contacts

Table 5 Children without active TB who had radiographic lesions possibly associated with tuberculosis sequelae at inclusion

Radiographic characteristic*	Number of children, n (%)**
Calcification	46 (31)
Segmental	17 (11)
Lobar	2 (1)
Unilateral	3 (2)
Bilateral	24 (16)
Parenchymal destruction with fibrosis	5 (3)
Segmental	4 (3)
Lobar	0 (0)
Unilateral	0 (0)
Bilateral	1 (0)
Bronchiectasis	17 (11)
Segmental	2 (1)
Lobar	3 (2)
Unilateral	2 (1)
Bilateral	10 (7)

*The herementioned radiographic characteristics were defined as “consequences of previous pulmonary tuberculosis” in the disease classification proposed by Marais et al. [25].
**Percentages reflect the proportion of the total number of children without active TB of whom a CXR was taken (n = 148).

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