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Table 4 Operating characteristics of TST and LPA assays for the diagnosis of active TB.

From: Lymphocyte proliferation to mycobacterial antigens is detectable across a spectrum of HIV-associated tuberculosis

 

All subjects

Subjects with TST ≥ 5 mm

 

Sensitivity, %

Specificity, %

AUROC

PPV

NPV

Sensitivity, %

Specificity, %

AUROC

PPV

NPV

TST

84.6

65.5

0.7507

1.7

99.8

--

--

--

--

--

ESAT-6

38.5

92.0

0.6516

3.2

99.5

45.5

86.8

0.6611

5.6

98.9

Ag85

46.2

91.5

0.6882

3.68

99.6

54.6

81.3

0.6790

4.8

99

WCL

61.5

73.0

0.6728

1.58

99.6

72.7

54.3

0.6353

2.68

99.1

  1. Ag85, antigen 85; AUROC, area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, calculated as sensitivity plotted against 1-specificity; ESAT-6, early secretory antigenic target 6; LPA, lymphocyte proliferation assay; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; TB, tuberculosis; TST, tuberculin skin test; WCL, Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole cell lysate