Table 3 Impact of BCG vaccination on the results obtained by the prolonged test.
From: New tools for detecting latent tuberculosis infection: evaluation of RD1-specific long-term response
| Â | TST+, suspected LTBI, not responding to QFT-IT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | BCG | |||
Response to the prolonged test | Unvaccinated N. 14 (%) | Vaccinated N. 15 (%) | Unknown N.7 (%) | Total N. 36 (%) |
No responders N. 25 | 9 (64.3) | 12 (80.0) | 4 (57.1) | 25 (69.4) |
Responders N. 11 | 5 (35.7) | 3 (20.0) | 3 (42.9) | 11 (30.6) |