TABLE 1.
Performances of seven serological tests with sera from patients with active tuberculosis
| Test | No. (%) seropositive individuals among those with active tuberculosis
|
P value for individuals with pulmonary versus extrapulmonary diseasea | No. (%) of seropositive individuals among those with active tuberculosis
|
P value for smear-positive versus smear-negative individualsa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 44) | Pulmonary (n = 33) | Extrapulmonary (n = 11) | Smear positive (n = 24) | Smear negative (n = 12) | |||
| ICT Tuberculosis | 18 (41) | 16 (49) | 2 (18) | 0.08 (NS) | 11 (46) | 4 (33) | 0.47 (NS) |
| RAPID TEST TB | 11 (25) | 9 (27) | 2 (18) | 0.55 (NS) | 7 (29) | 3 (25) | 0.79 (NS) |
| TUBERCULOSIS IgA EIA | 25 (57) | 19 (58) | 6 (55) | 0.86 (NS) | 13 (54) | 7 (58) | 0.81 (NS) |
| PATHOZYME-TB complex | 7 (16) | 5 (15) | 2 (18) | 0.81 (NS) | 4 (17) | 2 (17) | 1.00 (NS) |
| PATHOZYME-MYCO IgG | 24 (55) | 19 (58) | 5 (46) | 0.48 (NS) | 15 (63) | 6 (50) | 0.47 (NS) |
| PATHOZYME-MYCO IgA | 18 (41) | 15 (46) | 3 (27) | 0.29 (NS) | 11 (46) | 3 (25) | 0.23 (NS) |
| PATHOZYME-MYCO IgM | 8 (18) | 7 (21) | 1 (9) | 0.37 (NS) | 5 (21) | 2 (17) | 0.77 (NS) |
a
Significantly different results are indicated by a P value of ≤ 0.05. NS, not statistically different.