Skip to main content
. 2010 Feb 4;5(2):e9051. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009051

Table 2. Positivity of QFT-IT, IP-10 and TST in active TB patients.

Category Test N Pos Neg Indt % Sens
Total number of subjects QFT-IT 175 155 16 4 90.6
IP-10 175 160 13 2 92.5
TST 119 82 37 NA 68.9
Culture positives QFT-IT 160 141 15 4 90.4
IP-10 160 145 13 2 91.8
TST 110 75 35 NA 68.2
Culture negative QFT-IT 15 14 1 0 93.3
IP-10 15 15 0 0 100
TST 9 7 2 NA 77.8
Smear positive QFT-IT 149 133 12 4 91.7
IP-10 149 136 11 2 92.5
TST 104 73 31 NA 70.2
Smear negative QFT-IT 26 22 4 0 84.6
IP-10 26 24 2 0 92.3
TST 15 9 6 NA 60.0

10 mm cut-off point was used for TST.

N - Number of subjects.

QFT-IT - QuantiFERON-TB Gold.

IP-10 - Interferon gamma inducible protein-10.

TST - Tuberculin skin test.

Pos - Positive.

Neg - Negative.

Indt - Indeterminate.

% Sens - Percentage of sensitivity, calculated after excluding indeterminate results.