Clinical effect of T-SPOT.TB test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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Table 2 The results of T-SPOT.TB in 20,332 patients from different clinical departments

Departments	Cases	Proportion (%)	Positive cases	Propotion (%)	Positive proportion (%)	Positive rates (%)
Pain	10	0.05	4	0.02	0.05	40.00
Cardiovascular surgery	25	0.12	9	0.04	0.12	36.00
Ear-nose-throat	39	0.19	19	0.09	0.25	48.72
Emergency	47	0.23	13	0.06	0.17	27.66
General surgery	50	0.25	25	0.12	0.34	50.00
Gynaecology and obstetrics	51	0.25	24	0.12	0.32	47.06
Breast Surgery	53	0.26	19	0.09	0.25	35.85
Traditional Chinese medicine	75	0.37	33	0.16	0.44	44.00
Abdominal tumor surgery	79	0.39	32	0.16	0.43	40.51
Peripheral vascular	79	0.39	37	0.18	0.50	46.84
Radiotherapy	83	0.41	38	0.19	0.51	45.78
Dermatology	84	0.41	26	0.13	0.35	30.95
Hepatobiliary surgery	99	0.49	39	0.19	0.52	39.39
Pediatrics	152	0.75	8	0.04	0.11	5.26
Urinary surgery	157	0.77	77	0.38	1.03	49.04
Central ICU	180	0.89	46	0.23	0.62	25.56
Medical oncology	208	1.02	69	0.34	0.93	33.17
Endocrinology	358	1.76	154	0.76	2.07	43.02
Orthopedics	365	1.80	172	0.85	2.31	47.12
Cadre’s ward	381	1.87	167	0.82	2.24	43.83
Cardiology	478	2.35	214	1.05	2.87	44.77
Neurology	518	2.55	187	0.92	2.51	36.10
Thoracic surgery	594	2.92	316	1.55	4.24	53.20
Hematology	734	3.61	170	0.84	2.28	23.16
Digestive System	778	3.83	304	1.50	4.08	39.07
Infectious	1203	5.92	377	1.85	5.06	31.34
Nephrology	2267	11.15	853	4.20	11.44	37.63
Rheumatology	2924	14.38	705	3.47	9.46	24.11
Respiration	8261	40.63	3327	16.36	44.57	40.27
Total	20,332	100.00	7464	36.71	100.00	36.71

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