<p>*TST induration cut-off 10 mm.</p><p>TST, tuberculin skin test; PPV, <i>positive predicted value</i>; NPV, <i>negative predicted value</i>; Acc, <i>analytic accuracy</i>; CI, <i>confidence interval</i>.</p><p>Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and analytic accuracy of TST in culture-positive or culture-negative TB patients.</p
*<p>evaluated on the total number of positive results over the total number of patients with active ...
Background: Although the tuberculin skin test (TST) is frequently used to aid in the diagnosis of tu...
Objective: Early diagnosis of infectious cases and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are important stra...
<p>IGRA, interferon-gamma release assay; PPV, <i>positive predicted value</i>; NPV, <i>negative pred...
<p>The bottom panel of the table shows the test sensitivity in smear negative culture positive TB pa...
<p>SE: sensitivity, SP: specificity, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value....
<p><b>Footnotes</b>: PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; <b>SM</b>: smear microscopy; <b>QFT</b>: QuantiFER...
<p><b>Footnotes</b>: % Sensitivity: percentage of positive, calculated with available QFT-GIT and TS...
<p>CI: Confidence interval; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value</p><p>*Pa...
<p><b>Footnotes</b>: % Sensitivity: percentage of positive, calculated with available QFT-GIT and TS...
<p>(Pos): positive; (Neg): negative; CI: confidence interval;</p>#<p>PPV: positive predictive value;...
<p>Diagnostic accuracy of smear and Xpert MTB/RIF among the MGIT and/or LJ culture positive (n = 328...
<p>PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LR+, likelihood ratio for positiv...
<p>(A) TST positivity rates for all participants. (B) TST positivity rates for participants with no ...
<p>10 mm cut-off point was used for TST.</p><p>Specificity was calculated as number of subjects nega...
*<p>evaluated on the total number of positive results over the total number of patients with active ...
Background: Although the tuberculin skin test (TST) is frequently used to aid in the diagnosis of tu...
Objective: Early diagnosis of infectious cases and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are important stra...
<p>IGRA, interferon-gamma release assay; PPV, <i>positive predicted value</i>; NPV, <i>negative pred...
<p>The bottom panel of the table shows the test sensitivity in smear negative culture positive TB pa...
<p>SE: sensitivity, SP: specificity, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value....
<p><b>Footnotes</b>: PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; <b>SM</b>: smear microscopy; <b>QFT</b>: QuantiFER...
<p><b>Footnotes</b>: % Sensitivity: percentage of positive, calculated with available QFT-GIT and TS...
<p>CI: Confidence interval; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value</p><p>*Pa...
<p><b>Footnotes</b>: % Sensitivity: percentage of positive, calculated with available QFT-GIT and TS...
<p>(Pos): positive; (Neg): negative; CI: confidence interval;</p>#<p>PPV: positive predictive value;...
<p>Diagnostic accuracy of smear and Xpert MTB/RIF among the MGIT and/or LJ culture positive (n = 328...
<p>PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LR+, likelihood ratio for positiv...
<p>(A) TST positivity rates for all participants. (B) TST positivity rates for participants with no ...
<p>10 mm cut-off point was used for TST.</p><p>Specificity was calculated as number of subjects nega...
*<p>evaluated on the total number of positive results over the total number of patients with active ...
Background: Although the tuberculin skin test (TST) is frequently used to aid in the diagnosis of tu...
Objective: Early diagnosis of infectious cases and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are important stra...