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From: Use of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of unconventional pleural tuberculosis is superior to ADA in high prevalence areas: a prospective analysis of 601 cases

Fig. 2

The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and the T-SPOT assay for diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) in the pleural fluid (PF) or peripheral blood (PB). Samples were obtained from enrolled participants that included 145 patients with confirmed TPE and 174 with non-TPE. SFCs, spot-forming cells; Max, the larger of ESAT-6 and CFP-10

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