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Table 2 TB transmission relevant characteristics of tuberculosis patients

From: Risk of latent tuberculosis infection in children living in households with tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional survey in remote northern Lao People's Democratic Republic

 

Patients

 

n = 72 (%)

Haemoptysis before treatment

40 (55.5)

AFB found before treatment

72 (100)

AFB found during follow-up

1 (1.3)

House size (in m3, range)

89.0 (77–100)

Number of people living in the same house*

5.3 (4.6–5.9)

Shares sleeping place with other family members

61 (84.7)

Coughs in shared rooms

72 (100)

Spits inside the house

37 (51.3)

Drinks from the same glass

69 (97.1)

Eats together with the other family members

67 (93.0)

  1. * Mean with 95% confidence interval