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. 2011 Aug 19;6(8):e23806. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023806

Table 2. QFT-IT results and HIV status in smear-positive/culture-positive pulmonary TB patients.

Positive Negative Indeterminate P *
n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI)
All (n = 504) 465 92.3 (89.6–94.4) 24 4.8 (3.1–7.0) 15 3.0 (1.7–4.9)
HIV positive (n = 44) 27 61.4 (45.5–75.6) 5 11.4 (3.8–24.6) 12 27.3 (15.0–42.8) <0.001
HIV negative (n = 459) 437 95.2 (92.8–97.0) 19 4.1 (2.5–6.4) 3 0.7 (0.1–1.9)

QFT-IT: QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; TB: Tuberculosis; CI: Confidence interval.

*Comparison was made between HIV-positive and HIV-negative groups.