QuantiFERON†| Inpatients |
p value
| Outpatients |
p value
|
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 | Total (n = 284) | * Non-TB (n = 196) | TB (n = 88) |  | TB (n = 93) |  |
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Indeterminate | 84 (29.6) | 69 (35.2) | 15 (17.0) | 0.002a
| 1 (1.1) | <0.001b
|
Determinate | 200 (70.4) | 127 (64.8) | 73 (83.0) | Â | 92 (98.9) | <0.001c
|
   Positive | 77 (27.1) | 26 (13.3) | 51 (58.0) |  | 77 (82.8) |  |
   Negative | 123 (43.3) | 101 (51.5) | 22 (25.0) |  | 15 (16.1) |  |
- Data are shown as mean ± SD or No. (%). TB, tuberculosis.
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†QuantiFERON test was performed by using QuantiFERON®- TB Gold or QuantiFERON ®-TB Gold In-Tube.
- * Patients with pneumonia (n = 178), organizing pneumonia (n = 7), nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (n = 5), aspergillosis (n = 4), and lung cancer (n = 2).
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aComparison of proportion of indeterminate vs. determinate results between in patients with non-TB and TB.
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bComparison of proportion of indeterminate vs. determinate results between inpatients and out patients with TB.
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cComparison of positive QuantiFERON test results between inpatients and outpatients with TB.