Table 1: Most observed clinical signs of tuberculosis among children.
Signs / symptoms | Numbers | Percentages (%) |
Drop in fun activities | 22 | 78.6 |
Long-term fever | 26 | 92.9 |
Night sweats | 18 | 64.3 |
Cough more than 14 days old | 19 | 67.9 |
hemoptysis | 1 | 3.6 |
Spinal gibbosity | 4 | 14.3 |
Peripheral lymphadenopathy | 8 | 28.6 |
Meningeal syndrome | 1 | 3.6 |
Liquid effusion | 7 | 25 |
Pallor | 1 | 3.6 |
Abdominal meteorism | 1 | 3.6 |
splenomegaly | 4 | 14.3 |
hepatomegaly | 4 | 14.3 |
icterus | 1 | 3.6 |
otorrhoea | 1 | 3.6 |
Oral candidiasis | 1 | 3.6 |
Paralysis of a limb | 1 | 3.6 |