Variables

Number (%)

Cough more than 2 weeks

526 (94)

Failure to thrive

74 (13)

Contact/family history of TB

84 (15)

Respiratory signs (crepitation/rhonchi)

120 (21)

No BCG scar

2 (0.3)

Enlarged cervical lymph nodes

6 (1)

Malnutrition

139 (24)

Chest X-ray

550 (99)

Complete blood count

530 (95)

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

402 (72)

2 Sputum smears for presence of acid fast bacilli

13 (2)

GL or BAL for inducing sputum if the child is not able to produce sputum

1 (0.1)

Reinvestigations

153 (27.5)

Only Clinical Assessment

544 (99)