Table 2– Tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon (IFN)-γ results in children by bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) and HIV status
ContactsControls
BCG+BCG-HIV+HIV-BCG+BCG-HIV+HIV-
TST
 Positive135 (56)29 (47.5)12 (48)123 (56.7)16 (13.3)2 (5.9)020 (13.1)
 Intermediate38 (15.8)9 (14.8)5 (20)24 (11)12 (1)3 (8.8)015 (9.8)
 Negative68 (28.2)23 (37.7)8 (32)70 (32.3)92 (76.6)29 (85.3)3 (100)118 (77.1)
IFN-γ
 Positive105 (46)24 (36.4)10 (41.6)93 (41.5)13 (10.9)6 (18.2)020 (13.3)
 Indeterminate32 (14)20 (30.3)4 (16.7)44 (19.6)23 (19.3)2 (6)025 (16.7)
 Negative91 (40)22 (33.3)10 (41.6)87 (38.8)83 (69.8)25 (75.8)3 (100)105 (70)
  • Data are presented as n (%).