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Table 2 TST and QFT-Plus results in Iranian pediatric household contacts of TB cases

From: Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among pediatric household contacts of Iranian tuberculosis cases using tuberculin skin test, IFN- γ release assay and IFN-γ-induced protein-10

  TST+/QFT- TST−/QFT+ TST+/QFT+ TST−/QFT-
At initiation of screening (n = 230) 18 (7.8%) 37 (16%) 11 (4.8%) 164 (71.3%)
3 months after the diagnosis of index (n = 164) 4 (2.4%) 14 (8.5%) 5 (3.1%) 141 (86%)
12 months after the diagnosis of index (n = 141) 16 (11.3%) 9 (6.4%) 1 (0.7%) 115 (81.5%)
18 months after the diagnosis of index (n = 115) 11 (9.6%) 3 (2.6) 1 (0.9%) 90 (85.8%)
  1. Footnotes: QFT-plus QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus, TB tuberculosis, TST tuberculin skin test
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