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) |