Table 1

Median contact tracing yield for pulmonary index cases by clustering and whether the cluster was investigated

Unique casesTotal clustered casesp ValueCases in a cluster that was investigatedCases that were in a cluster that was not investigatedp Value
Contacts screened
 Index cases (n)220972968
 Contacts screened (n)959561191370
 Median (IQR)3 (1–5)4 (2–7)0.0074 (2–9)4 (2–6)0.474
Contacts with active disease
 Index cases with information available (n)131471433
 Contacts screened (n)593341125216
 Contacts with active disease (n)1414311
 Median (IQR)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)0.0110 (0–0)0 (0–0)0.896
Contacts with latent infection
 Index cases with information available (n)159591940
 Contacts screened (n)761410145265
 Contacts with LTBI (n)1481083276
 Median (IQR)0 (0–1)1 (0–2)0.0161 (0–2)1 (0–2)0.330
  • LTBI, latent TB infection.