Table 3.
Sensitivities and specificities of 11 recombinant proteins and PPD with sera from 50 TB patients and 50 PPD-negative individuals before and after BCG-vaccination
| Protein | Cutoff *1 | Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) *2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB patients | BCG | Controls | |||
| Rv0251c | 0.239 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 98 |
| Rv0934 | 0.185 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 98 |
| Rv1973 | 0.445 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 92 |
| Rv1984c | 0.570 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 96 |
| Rv2031c | 0.071 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 100 |
| Rv2185c | 0.826 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 98 |
| Rv2376c | 0.563 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 94 |
| Rv2537c | 0.147 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Rv2785c | 0.270 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Rv2878c | 0.511 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 96 |
| Rv3873A | 0.492 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 98 |
| Rv0934+Rv0251c | 0.656 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 96 |
| PPD | 0.334 | 60 | 20 | 2 | 98 |
Cutoff = Mean ODHealth + 2.576×SD.
Specificity = 100% − sensitivity (for the controls).