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Table 2 Serodiagnosis results of the 38 F-64 F antigens in the active pulmonary TB patients with different sputum bacteriology results

From: IgG, IgM and IgA antibodies against the novel polyprotein in active tuberculosis

Group

S + (n = 143)

S- (n = 228)

C + (n = 249)

C- (n = 122)

# Pos. (%)

108 (75.5)

153 (67.1)

176 (70.7)

85 (69.7)

  1. S+: smear-positive active pulmonary TB patients; S-: smear-negative active pulmonary TB patients; C+: culture-positive active pulmonary TB patients; C-: culture-negative active pulmonary TB patients; # Pos. (%): number of positive sera (percentage of positive sera).
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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