The document analyzes the qualitative responses to tuberculin skin tests in 268 children with and without tuberculosis. It finds that Listeria-type responses, characterized by soft, poorly delineated induration, were more common than Koch-type responses, characterized by hard, painful induration, in tuberculosis patients. Koch-type responses were associated with more severe disease. Negative responses were seen predominantly in neurotuberculosis patients and were associated with malnutrition. The type of response correlated with disease severity and nutritional status, providing qualitative information to aid tuberculosis diagnosis in children.