Assay result | All participants
n= 211 | Immunocompetent
n= 94 | Immunocompromised
n= 117 |
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TST | | | |
Positive* | 38 (18) | 26 (27.7) | 12 (10.3) |
Negative | 173 (82) | 68 (72.3) | 105 (89.7) |
QFT-IT | | | |
Positive† | 49 (23.2) | 24 (25.5) | 25 (21.4) |
Negative | 128 (60.7) | 61 (64.9) | 67 (57.3) |
Indeterminate‡ | 34 (16.1) | 9 (9.6) | 25 (21.4) |
- Data are presented as numbers (percentages) unless otherwise indicated.
- QFT-IT, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube; TST, tuberculin skin test.
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*p 0.001 for the difference in the number of positive TST results between the groups.
- †p 0.068 for the difference of QFT-IT results between the groups.
- ‡p 0.021 for the difference in the proportion of indeterminate QFT-IT results between the groups.