|
History and investigations
|
Total
|
Female
|
Male
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
n(%)
|
n(%)
|
n(%)
|
|---|
|
Total
|
All presumptive cases
|
6519
|
2320
|
4199
| |
|
Chest
|
Cough more than two weeks
|
6006 (92.1)
|
2102 (90.6)
|
3904 (93.0)
|
0.001
|
|
Failure to thrive
|
4210 (64.8)
|
1644 (70.9)
|
2566 (61.1)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Systemic
|
Fever
|
5794 (89.0)
|
2039 (87.9)
|
3755 (89.4)
|
0.075
|
|
Loss of body weight
|
504 (7.7)
|
196 (8.4)
|
308 (7.3)
|
0.110
|
|
Enlarged cervical lymph nodes
|
785 (12.1)
|
322 (13.8)
|
463 (11.0)
|
0.001
|
|
BCG scar absent
|
1843 (28.2)
|
742 (32.0)
|
1101 (26.2)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Meningitis
|
Signs of slow onset meningitisa
|
658 (10.1)
|
228 (9.8)
|
430 (10.2)
|
0.607
|
|
Contacts
|
Known pulmonary tuberculosis patient
|
778 (11.9)
|
258 (11.1)
|
520 (12.4)
|
0.121
|
- aSymptoms regarded as slow meningitis include headache, vomiting, irritability, lethargy, neck stiffness, bulging fontanella, coma
