Table 3 |
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Diagnostic procedures/investigations carried out |
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Investigations or diagnostic procedures |
Type of tuberculosis (Figures show number positive out of number of patients on whom procedure/investigation done) |
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Pulmonary (n = 83) |
Extra-pulmonary (n = 75) |
Disseminated (n = 12) |
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Mantoux test |
38/57 |
32/45 |
9/10 |
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BCG test |
29/31 |
14/15 |
3/3 |
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Chest radiograph |
72/76 |
36/57 |
8/9 |
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Elevated ESR |
32/55 |
20/54 |
7/10 |
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Gastric lavage for AFB |
3/27 |
1/12 |
0/6 |
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Sputum for AFB |
5/36 |
2/37 |
0/2 |
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FNAC |
- |
32/38 |
- |
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ultrasound |
- |
16/18 |
- |
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Biopsy |
- |
7/7 |
- |
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lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid analysis |
- |
2/2 |
- |
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Sreeramareddy et al. BMC Pediatrics 2010 10:57 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-10-57 |
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