Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of children, stratified by TB status
From: Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pediatric stool samples using TruTip technology
| Variable | All children (N = 259) n (%) | SM+, CU+ TBa (N = 7) n (%) | SM-, CU+ TBa (N = 15) n (%) | All CU+ TB (N = 22) n (%) | Clinically-diagnosed unconfirmed TB (N = 84) n (%) | No TB diagnosis (N = 153) n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | 0–4 | 125 (48) | 0 (0) | 8 (53) | 8 (36) | 42 (50) | 75 (49) |
| 5–10 | 37 (14) | 0 (0) | 5 (33) | 5 (23) | 34 (40) | 58 (38) | |
| 11–14 | 97 (37) | 7 (100) | 2 (13) | 9 (41) | 8 (10) | 20 (13) | |
| Female sex | 124 (48) | 5 (71) | 6 (40) | 11 (50) | 47 (56) | 66 (43) | |
| Ability to spontaneously produce a sputum sample | 106 (41) | 7 (100) | 6 (40) | 13 (59) | 32 (38) | 61 (40 | |
| Cavitary disease on chest x-ray | 5 (1.9) | 5 (71) | 0 (0) | 5 (23) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
