Title : Novel T-cell assays for the discrimination of active and latent tuberculosis infection: the diagnostic value of PPE family.

Pub. Date : 2015 Oct

PMID : 26245995






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1 RESULTS: The discrimination performance (assessed by the area under ROC curve) for IL-2 following stimulation with recombinant PE35 and PPE68 between LTBI and patients with active TB were 0.837 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.72-0.97] for LTBI diagnosis and 0.75 (95 % CI 0.63-0.89) for active TB diagnosis, respectively. Terbium interleukin 2 Homo sapiens
2 RESULTS: The discrimination performance (assessed by the area under ROC curve) for IL-2 following stimulation with recombinant PE35 and PPE68 between LTBI and patients with active TB were 0.837 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.72-0.97] for LTBI diagnosis and 0.75 (95 % CI 0.63-0.89) for active TB diagnosis, respectively. Terbium interleukin 2 Homo sapiens
3 Applying the 6.4 pg/mL cut-off for IL-2 induced by PE35 in the present study population resulted in sensitivity of 78 %, specificity of 83 %, PPV of 83 % and NPV of 78 % for the discrimination of active TB and LTBI. Terbium interleukin 2 Homo sapiens