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Table 2 The proportion of people living with HIV who tested TST-positive using a ≥5 mm and ≥10 mm cutoff size stratified by CD4+ cell count categories <200, ≥200, 200–499 and ≥500 cells/μL

From: The proportions of people living with HIV in low and middle-income countries who test tuberculin skin test positive using either a 5 mm or a 10 mm cut-off: a systematic review

Study

Number of patients with CD4+ cell count <200

Number of patients TST positive using ≥5 mm cutoff (%)

Number of patients TST positive using ≥10 mm cutoff (%)

Number of patients with CD4+ cell count 200-499

Number of patients TST positive using ≥5 mm cutoff (%)

Number of patients TST positive using ≥10 mm cutoff (%)

Number of patients with CD4+ cell count ≥500

Number of patients TST positive using ≥5 mm cutoff (%)

Number of patients TST positive using ≥10 mm cutoff (%)

Gupta et al. [33]

50

8 (16.0)

7 (14.0)

326

71 (21.8)

66 (20.2)

307

65 (21.2)

56 (18.2)

Rangaka et al. [17]

8

2 (25.0)

2 (25.0)

31

17 (54.8)

16 (51.6)

18

11 (61.1)

10 (55.6)

Karam et al. [18]

145

11 (7.6)

10 (6.9)

85

25 (29.4)

22 (25.9)

43

23 (53.5)

14 (32.6)

Balcells et al. [26]

13

1 (7.7)

1 (7.7)

73

4 (5.5)

2 (2.7)

23

7 (30.4)

4 (17.4)

Swaminathan et al. [34]

150

64 (42.7)

48 (32.0)

313

138 (44.1)

117 (37.4)

160

67 (41.9)

62 (38.8)

Moura et al. [29]

137

13 (9.5)

13 (9.5)

386

70 (18.1)

61 (15.8)

341

87 (25.5)

78 (22.9)

Nguyen et al. [40]

75

31 (41.3)

24 (32.0)

206

116 (56.3)

100 (48.5)

88

57 (64.8)

51 (58.0)

Oni et al. [21]

51

25 (49.0)

21 (41.2)

137

79 (57.7)

73 (53.3)

50

33 (66.0)

30 (60.0)

Samandari et al. [22]

575

88 (15.3)

74 (12.9)

952

250 (26.3)

212 (22.3)

364

124 (34.1)

93 (25.6)