Skip to main content

Table 2 Overall TST, QFT-GIT, and T.SPOT results and per CD4 category

From: Poor agreement between interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test among HIV-infected individuals in the country of Georgia

Test results

CD4 count categories

Overall n = 240 (%)

 

<100 n = 54 (%)

100-200 n = 37 (%)

>200 n = 149 (%)

 

TST results

    

TST +

7 (13)

8 (22)

26 (18)

41 (17)

TST -

47 (87)

29 (78)

121 (82)

197 (83)

Indeterminate*

0

0

2 (1)

2 (1)

QFT-GIT results

    

QFT +

14 (26)

9 (24)

47 (31)

70 (29)

QFT -

38 (70)

28 (76)

101 (68)

167 (70)

Indeterminate

2 (4)

-

1 (1)

3 (1)

T.SPOT results

    

T.SPOT +

14 (26)

12 (32)

30 (20)

56 (24)

T.SPOT -

34 (64)

20 (54)

108 (73)

162 (68)

Indeterminate

5 (10)

5 (14)

10 (7)

20 (8)

  1. * Either patient did not come to have read or returned > 72 hours after TST placement.