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Table 7 Clinical features of contacts brought for screening at the study and control centers

From: Strengthening contact tracing capacity of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Enugu, southeast Nigeria: a targeted and focused health education intervention study

Clinical features

Baseline (six months pre-intervention)

Post-intervention (six months period of intervention)

 
 

N = 57 (%)

N = 176 (%)

95% CI

Cough

7(12.3)

15(8.5)

-14.8-22.4

Fever

7(12.3)

12 ( 6.8)

-12.7-23.7

Night sweats

3(5.3)

5 (2.8)

-10.4-14.9

Weight loss

8(14.0)

11 (6.3)

-11.3-26.7

Haemoptysis

1(1.8)

5 (2.8)

-7.3-9.3

Tuberculin test:

   

Positive

18(31.6)

45 (25.6)

-20.8-32.8

Negative

39(68.4

131(74.4)

-32.8-20.8

Chest X-ray report:

   

Positive

7(12.3)

13(7.4)

-31.6-23.3

Negative

50(87.7)

163 (92.6)

-23.3-13.5

Sputum AFB result:

   

Positive

5(8.8)

11(6.3)

-13.6-18.5

Negative

52(91.2)

165(93.8)

-18.6-13.4

Total

57(100.0)

176(100.0)