TB Research

[Selection of the cutoff value on tuberculin skin test in diagnosing tuberculosis infection: a population-based cross-sectional study in Eastern China].

Peng Lü, Qiao Liu, Limei Zhu, Wen Kong, Xiaoyan Ding, Yang Zhou, Wei Lu

PubMed · 2020-03

Abstract

Findings of this study confirmed that the specificity of tuberculin test could be significantly improved by using 10-12 mm as the cutoff value for diagnosing the latent tuberculosis infection.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Tuberculin
  • Cutoff
  • Tuberculosis
  • Gold standard (test)
  • Skin test
  • Internal medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Cross-sectional study
  • Population
  • Surgery