Table 3. Comparison of results using the bacteriological test results as ‘gold standard’ for TB diagnosis.
T-SPOT.TB | ELISpot-2351c | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | 98.2% (56/57) | 61.4% (35/57) | 0.000 |
Specificity | 94.6% (88/93) | 91.4% (85/93) | 0.388 |
Youden index | 0.928 | 0.528 | |
Kappa value | 0.916 | 0.554 |
Note: 57 TB patients were diagnosed positive and 93 were diagnosed negative with the ‘gold standard’.