Table 1.
Characteristics of study subjects.
| Controls N (%) 13 (8.8) |
TST+, suspected LTBI N (%) 106 (71.6) |
Cured TB N (%) 29 (19.6) |
Total N (%) 148 (100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Median (IQR) | 33 (29.5-35) | 35 (21-48) | 31.5 (25-49) | 36 (28-50) |
| Female Gender | 8 (61.5) | 33 (31.1) | 15 (51.7) | 56 (37.8) |
| Origin | ||||
| Italy | 12 (92.3) | 49 (46.3) | 9 (31.1) | 70 (47.3) |
| Abroad | 1 (7.7) | 57 (53.7) | 20 (68.9) | 78 (52.7) |
| TST Median in mm (IQR) | 0 (0) | 20 (15-45) | ND | 20* (15-30) |
| TST+ | 0 | 106 (100) | ND | 106/119** (89) |
| BCG | ||||
| Vaccinated | 4 (30.8) | 37 (34.9) | 19 (65.5) | 60 (40.6) |
|
unvaccinated unknown |
9 (69.2) 0 |
50 (47.2) 19 (17.9 |
10 (34.5) 0 |
69 (46.6) 19 (12.8) |
Footnotes: BCG: Bacillus Calmètte et Guerin; LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection; N: number; TST: tuberculin skin test.
*among TST+
** among those tested by TST