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. 2013 Sep 6;8(9):e73579. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073579

Table 5. Sensitivity of QFT-GIT calculated over the total of patients tested (indeterminate results included as negative results) and only over the interpretable results (indeterminate results excluded) in PTB patients stratified by HIV status according to culture status.

Indeterminate results included as negative results Indeterminate results excluded
Culture-positive Culture-negative p value (Culture- negative versus culture -positive) Culture-positive Culture-negative p value (Culture-negative versus culture-positive)
Positive over total % (95% CI)
HIV-infected 15/17 88.2(63.6–98.5) 11/21 52.4(29.8–74.3) 15/15 100.0(78.2–100) 11/14 78.6(49.2–95.3)
0.0336 0.0996
HIV-uninfected 42/46 91.3(79.2–97.6) 11/12 91.7(61.5–99.8) 42/44 95.5(84.5–99.4) 11/12 91.7(61.5–99.8)
1.0 0.5222
Total 57/63 90.5(80.4–96.4) 22/33 66.7(48.2–82.0) 57/59 96.6(88.3–99.6) 22/26 84.6(65.1–95.6
0.009 0.067

Footnotes: QFT-GIT: QuantiFERON® Gold in Tube; TB: Tuberculosis; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus.