Research Article
Blood or Urine IP-10 Cannot Discriminate between Active Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Different from Tuberculosis in Children
Table 2
IP-10 values in blood and urine of children with or without active TB stratified by HIV infection. Healthy adult donors were included as controls.
| | | HIV-uninfected children | | HIV-infected children | Healthy adult donors | | | Culture-confirmed | Highly probable | Probable | Total active TB | Respiratory diseases | | Culture-confirmed | Highly probable | Probable | Total active TB | Respiratory diseases |
| | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 61 | | — | 10 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 33 |
| Blood IP-10
Median (IQR) | 563.9
(381.9–926.6) | 432.2
(234.4–596.8) | 213.9
(95.9–349.2) | 381.9
(213.9–596.8) | 204.1
(126.4–426.6) | | — | 611.2
(249.7–688.9) | 396.9
(383.6–673.6) | 609.8
(317.6–671.5) | 525.9
(319.7–680.6) | 103.3
(81.9–145.3) |
| Urine IP-10
Median (IQR) |
(0–) |
(0–) | 0
(0–) |
(0–8) |
(0–) | | — |
(0–) |
(0–) |
(0–) |
(0–) |
(0–) |
|
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TB: tuberculosis; IQR: interquartile range; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
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