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Table 4 CFP-10pep specificity in subgroups of the unlikely TB population

From: Evaluation of a serum-based antigen test for tuberculosis in HIV-exposed infants: a diagnostic accuracy study

Unlikely TB

Total

HIV-infected

HIV-uninfected

CFP-10 (pos./total)

Specificity % (95%CI)

CFP-10 (pos./total)

Specificity % (95%CI)

CFP-10 (pos./total)

Specificity % (95%CI)

NTM infection

2/14

85.7 (57.2–98.2)

1/12

91.7 (61.5–99.8)

1/2

50.0 (1.3–98.7)

Other infections*

13/153

91.5 (85.9–95.4)

11/88

87.5 (78.7–93.6)

2/65

96.9 (89.3–99.6)

Other inflammatory diseases

7/148

95.3 (90.5–98.1)

3/63

95.2 (86.7–99.0)

4/85

95.3 (88.4–98.7)

Other diseases

0/35

100 (90.0–100)

0/28

100 (87.7–100)

0/7

100 (59.0–100)

Latent TB infection

5/44

88.6 (75.4–96.2)

3/25

88.0 (68.8–97.5)

2/19

89.5 (66.9–98.7)

No disease (healthy)

1/45

97.8 (88.2–99.9)

1/27

96.3 (81.0–99.9)

0/18

100 (81.5–100)

Unclear diagnosis

0/5

100 (47.8–100)

0/1

100 (2.5–100)

0/4

100 (39.8–100)

Total

22/402#

94.5 (91.8–96.5)

15/218

93.1 (88.9–96.1)

7/184

96.2 (92.3–98.5)

  1. *Bacterial, viral, fungal, and other infections
  2. #Several children had co-infections, including 7 with non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) infections and 12 with latent TB infections, while 23 children with latent TB infections also had an unrelated inflammatory disease