Latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection.

Methods: A retrospective study, between 2012 and 2015, with data from patients of Programa Einstein na Comunidade de Paraisópolis. To evaluate possible factors associated with patient's sex and diagnoses of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection, χ2 or Fisher's exact tests were used for qualitative variables, and Mann-Whitney test for quantitative or ordinal qualitative variables.