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. 2016 Oct 12;16:564. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1901-8

Table 2.

Paired Results of testing with QFT and TST

QFT-GIT positive QFT-GIT negative Total
TST positive 5 4 9
TST negative 42 300 342
Total 47 304 351

TST positivity rate: 9/351 = 2.6 %

QFT-GIT positivity rate: 47/351 = 13.4 %

Kappa score: 0.142

QFT-GIT QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube, TST tuberculin skin test