LIS Latent TB infection phase 1 and 2 2009
Malawi, 2008 - 2012
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-TB-LIS-2008-v01
Producer(s)
Dr. Anne Ben-Smith, Prof. Amelia C Crampin
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DEO OLDSPECSET 1 (spectype1)
Data file: tb_tbi
Overview
Valid:
55
Invalid:
2629
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Literal question
DEO OLDSPECSET 1
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascitic fluid | 0 |
0%
|
| 2 | Biopsy (not lymph-node or skin) | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | CSF | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Induced sputum | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Pericardial effusion | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Lymph-node biopsy fre | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | In formal saline | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Skin biopsy | 20 |
36.4%
|
| 10 | Lymph node biopsy | 13 |
23.6%
|
| 11 | Needle aspirate | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Pleural fluid | 1 |
1.8%
|
| 13 | Sputum | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Smear for H.E. | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Pus | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | Needle washing (FNA) | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | Lymph node smear | 0 |
0%
|
| 18 | Smear for ZN (FNA) | 1 |
1.8%
|
| 19 | Fluid including CSF | 20 |
36.4%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Joint effusion | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 2629 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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