Research Article

Added Value of QuantiFERON TB-Gold in-Tube for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

Table 2

Agreement between TST and QFT test results in 300 patients with AIDS in Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.

TST
≥5 mm<5 mmTotal

QFT-GIT
Positive6814
Negative4281285
Indeterminate011
Total10290300

NOTE: Kappa = 0.48; -value <0.001.
Legend: TST: tuberculin skin testing; QTF-GIT: QuantiFERON TB-Gold in-Tube.