Table 2 Specific information related to pediatric TB patients in GRH Masisi. Categorical variables are presented as n (%) and their p-values were calculated by χ². Only for median ages a non-parametric Mann-Whitney test was used. N/A = not applicable

Total pediatric TB diagnoses

(% of all children discharged)

19 (1.4%)

68 (2.9%)

0.002

TB diagnoses under 5 years

(% of all children under 5 discharged)

14 (1.3%)

52 (3.1%)

0.004

TB diagnoses 5 to 18 years

(% of all children above 5 discharged)

5 (1.3%)

16 (2.6%)

0.17

GA Xpert MTB positive

(% of all pediatric TB diagnoses)

No Xpert done

11 (16%)

N/A

Rifampicine resistence detected

(% of all pediatric TB diagnoses)

No Xpert done

0 (0%)

N/A

HIV-positive

(% of all pediatric TB diagnoses)

5 (26%)

2 (3%)

0.07

Median Age

(Interquartile Range)

20 m (12 m – 62 m)

36 m (23,5 m – 60 m)

0.27

Female

(% of all pediatric TB diagnoses)

6 (32%)

36 (53%)

0.10

Pediatric TB fatality rate

(% of all pediatric TB diagnoses)

8 (42%)

17 (25%)

0.30

TB deaths in ITFC

(% of all deaths in ITFC)

5 (12%)

16 (35%)

0.01

TB deaths in pediatric ward

(% of all deaths in pediatric ward)

3 (18%)

1 (7%)

0.43