Monocyte Signal Transduction Receptors in Active and Latent Tuberculosis

Table 2

Classification of TB and NMLD patients according to tuberculin skin test and IGRA results.

Test findings	TB patients; 𝑛=43	NMLD patients; 𝑛=46	P value*
TST+	24 (56%)	13 (28%)	𝑃=0.008
IGRA+	28 (65%)	6 (14%)	𝑃<0.001
TST+IGRA+	20 (46%)	4 (9%)	𝑃<0.001
TST+IGRA−	4 (9%)	9 (20%)	𝑃>0.05
TST−IGRA+	8 (14%)	2 (4%)	𝑃>0.05
TST−IGRA−	11 (26%)	31 (67%)	𝑃<0.001

∗Comparison between results of TST and IGRA.