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Table 4 The clinical performance of 2 TB antibody test kits (positive rate, %)

From: Diagnostic performance and problem analysis of commercial tuberculosis antibody detection kits in China

Group

Smear

Culture

Kit B

Kit H

Pulmonary TB group (n = 1752)

39.8(543/1365)

48.6(372/765)*

45.8(802/1752)

25.2(442/1752)

Extra-pulmonary TB group (n = 505)

3.4(6/178)

5.8(4/69)

35.4(179/505)*#

11.3(57/505)*

Old pulmonary TB group (n = 87)

0(0/64)

0(0/30)

32.2(28/87)

9.2(8/87)

Non-TB group (n = 205)

0(0/121)

0(0/56)

21.5(44/205)

2.4(5/205)

  1. *P < 0.05 compared with smear; #P < 0.05 compared with culture