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. 2012 Feb 15;185(4):427–434. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201107-1244OC

TABLE 3.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN T-SPOT AND TST

TST Positive* TST Negative Total
T-Spot positive 15 (0.8%) 19 (1.1%) 34 (1.9%)
T-Spot negative 33 (1.9%) 1,714 (96.2%) 1,747 (98.1%)
Total 48 (2.7%) 1,733 (97.3%) 1,781

Definition of abbreviations: T-Spot = T-SPOT.TB test; TST = tuberculin skin test.

*

TST positive defined by risk stratified interpretation (30).

Includes 23 subjects with borderline TB response of five spots (11 subjects), six spots (11 subjects), or seven spots (one subject).

% agreement = 97.1%.

Κ (95% confidence interval) = 0.35 (0.22–0.49).