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. 2019 Jun 26;10:1441. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01441

Table 3.

Prognostic performance of the COR signature for recurrent TB disease in HIV-infected persons on ART, based on the TRuTH cohort.

Time to diagnosis Sensitivity Specificity Number needed to screen False positives False negatives
WHO TPP (within 2 years of diagnosis), minimum characteristics >75% >75% 134 33 1
ACS COR signature 0–360 days 50% 75% 100 25 1
0–180 days 55% 75% 91 23 1
0–90 days 60% 75% 84 21 1

TTP, target product profile (World Health Organization [WHO], 2017a). Number needed to screen to detect one case of TB. For these calculations a TB prevalence of 2% was used. False positives and negatives were calculated per number screened to detect one case of TB.