TABLE 1.
AFB smear result/ culture resulta | No. of serum samples tested | No. of serum samples with the following TB Screen Test results
|
Sensitivity (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Indeterminate | |||
+/+ | 180 | 175 | 4 | 5 | 97.2 |
−/+ | 52 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 92.8 |
+/− | 35 | 33 | 2 | 94.5 | |
−/− | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 81.8 |
Total | 285 | 270 | 7 | 8 | 95.0 |
AFB, acid-fast bacillus; +, positive result; −, negative result.