Table 4 |
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QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-TB) results in the overall group of patients with a positive tuberculin skin test (≥ 6 mm) and in various TST subgroups |
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TST |
Positive QFT-TB |
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Induration (mm) |
No (% of total) |
No (% of TST group) |
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≥ 6 |
398 (82.7) |
127 (31.9) |
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0-5 |
37 (7.7) |
1 (2.7)2 |
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6-10 |
105 (21.8) |
11 (10.5) |
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11-14 |
89 (18.5) |
19 (21.3) |
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≥ 15 |
204 (42.4) |
97 (47.5)3 |
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No TST1 |
46 (9.6) |
20 (43.5) |
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TST = tuberculin skin test. 1) Not tested due to previous strong response. 2) Previous tuberculosis, 3) p < 0.001 compared to the other TST groups. |
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Dyrhol-Riise et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010 10:57 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-57 |
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