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<p>Ultra yield (proportion testing positive, with 95% confidence intervals) from first induced sputum specimen, by risk groups, amongst children diagnosed with PTB.</p> Juaneta Luiz (24240789) Lesley J. Workman (9950512) Cynthia B. Baard (25157591) Yekiwe Hlombe (25157594) Margaretha Prins (25157597) Nomlindo Makubalo (25157600) Devan Jaganath (825831) Adithya Cattamanchi (121837) Mark P. Nicol (8748585) Heather J. Zar (7439060) Medicine Microbiology Genetics Biotechnology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Cancer Science Policy Infectious Diseases Virology nih consensus definitions dora nginza hospital ultra performed better malnutrition </ p 8 &# 8211 0 %; 63 months ), 173 high burden setting childhood pulmonary tuberculosis ultra diagnostic accuracy 5 %) living 2 ), followed 6 %) infants 6 %) confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic accuracy 8 %), &# 8220 5 ), 0 ), 0 %) unlikely tuberculosis xpert mtb ultra sensitivity ultra positive ultra ). south africa risk subgroups risk groups rif ultra rapid diagnosis prospectively enrolled january 2024 january 2018 iqr 11 induced sputum induced sputa height z contributing 10 arr highest 5 years 12 months <p>HEU = HIV exposed and uninfected, HUU = HIV unexposed and uninfected, CLHIV = Children Living with HIV, WAZ = WHO weight-for-age Z-score, HAZ = WHO height-for-age Z-Score, WHZ = WHO weight-for-length or weight-for-height Z-score. Chi-squared test was used to explore differences in proportion positive for each risk group separately; WAZ < -2 vs WAZ ≥ -2, HAZ < -2 vs HAZ ≥ -2, WHZ < -3 vs WHZ ≥ -3, BMI-for-age < -3 vs BMI-for-age ≥ -3.</p> 2026-10-01T17:23:17Z Image Figure 10.1371/journal.pgph.0007271.g003 https://figshare.com/articles/figure/_p_Ultra_yield_proportion_testing_positive_with_95_confidence_intervals_from_first_induced_sputum_specimen_by_risk_groups_amongst_children_diagnosed_with_PTB_p_/34047431 CC BY 4.0