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Table 2 Prevalence of a positive diagnostic test for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) stratified by HIV status (n = 596)

From: Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among HIV discordant partners using interferon gamma release assays

Diagnostic Test for LTBI

HIV positive

n = 298

HIV negative

n = 298

p-value

TST

128 (43%)

203 (69%)

0.0003

QFT

109 (37%)

171 (58%)

0.006

TSPOT

109 (37%)

156 (53%)

0.005

  1. TST: Tuberculin Skin Test
  2. QFT: QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube Test
  3. TSPOT: TSPOT.TB Test
  4. HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus