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. 2005 Mar;12(3):465–473. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.3.465-473.2005

TABLE 1.

Detailed analysis of pulmonary TB patients by internal studies

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
a

AFB, acid-fast bacillus; +, positive result; −, negative result.