The immunoserological diagnosis of tuberculosis: a comparison of two tests.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2005 Jan; 36(1): 141-4
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32430
ABSTRACT
A comparative study of the diagnostic value of the ICT-TB test and the TB-Dot test, based on laboratory examination, was carried out in 39 patients suffering from sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis (25 males and 14 females, aged 16-50 years) and in 48 patients (27 males and 21 females, aged 17-55 years) suffering from non-tuberculosis pulmonary diseases, that had attended the Tembagapura Hospital and the TB Control Health Center Timika-Mimika, Papua. The diagnostic sensitivity of the ICT-TB test was 87.18%, the diagnostic specificity was 81.25%, the diagnostic positive predictive value was 79.07%, the negative predictive value was 88.64%, and the diagnostic efficiency was 83.91%. The diagnostic sensitivity of the TB-Dot test was 93.31%, the diagnostic specificity was 95.83%, the diagnostic positive predictive value was 94.74%, the negative predictive value was 93.85%, and the diagnostic efficiency was 94.25%. The results of the statistical analysis of the data obtained in this study revealed that the diagnostic specificity, the diagnostic positive predictive value and the diagnostic efficiency of the TB-Dot test were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than those of the ICT-TB test. However, the diagnostic sensitivity and the negative predictive value of both tests did not differ significantly (p > 0.05). Viewed from the point of their practicability, it can be justified that the ICT-TB test is a very practicable test, which needs only 15 minutes and does not require special instruments to perform the test, but is more expensive than the TB-Dot test. On the other hand, though the TB-Dot test is not very practicable and relatively time consuming, it has a significantly higher degree of diagnostic value and is much cheaper when compared to the ICT-TB test.
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Pulmonar
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Imunoensaio
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Testes Sorológicos
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Teste Tuberculínico
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Valor Preditivo dos Testes
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Técnicas Bacteriológicas
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Sensibilidade e Especificidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2005
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