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Table 4 Discordant between TST at the cut-off points ≥ 5 mm of skin indurations and QFTGIT at a cut-off point ≥ 0.35 IU/ml level of IFN-γ

From: Community-based cross-sectional survey of latent tuberculosis infection in Afar pastoralists, Ethiopia, using QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin test

QFTGIT

TST

  
 

Positive (≥ 5 mm)

Negative (<5 mm)

Anergy (0 mm)

Positive ( ≥ 0.35 IU/ml)

207

20

99

Negative (< 0.35 IU/ml)

38

6

130

Indeterminate

2

0

3