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. 2018 Jun 25;56(7):e00614-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00614-18

TABLE 3.

Summary of clinical information for patients and HCWs with discordant QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus assay resultsa

Subject no.b Age (yr)/sexc BCG vaccine TST induration (yr) Diagnosis of LTBI QFT-GIT result QFT-GIT TB Ag − nil (IU/ml) QFT-Plus result QFT-Plus TB1 Ag − nil (IU/ml) QFT-Plus TB2 Ag − nil (IU/ml) Additional patient and diagnostic informationd
HCW-1 49/F Unknown Negative Unknown Negative 0.24 Positive 0.52 0.19 NA
OCPHS-1 46/F No NA Yes Positive 0.36 Negative 0.24 0.21 Positive QFT-GIT result (TB tube value, 0.56 IU/ml) performed 1 yr prior to enrollment, employed in nursing facility, normal chest X ray, not treated
OCPHS-2 34/F Yes 15 mm (2012) Yes Positive 0.45 Negative 0.32 0.32 Positive QFT-GIT result (TB tube value, 1.16 IU/ml) performed 6 mo prior to enrollment during pregnancy, immigrant from South Korea, not treated
OCPHS-3 61/M No NA Yes Positive 0.66 Negative 0.23 0.20 Positive QFT-GIT result (TB tube value, 3.65 IU/ml) performed 10 mo prior to enrollment, 8 yr in refugee camp in Ethiopia, completed 5/6 mo of INH at time of enrollment
OCPHS-4 79/F Yes Negative Yes Negative 0.25 Positive 0.27 0.50 Positive QFT-GIT result (TB tube value, 7.55 IU/ml) 2 yr prior, Cambodian immigrant, calcified granuloma in left lung, INH and rifampin not tolerated
a

HCW, health care worker; NA, not applicable; Ag, antigen.

b

OCPHS, Olmsted County Public Health Services.

c

F, female; M, male.

d

INH, isoniazid.