单位：[1]Department of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zhengmin Road, Shanghai 200433, China.[2]Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease (Tuberculosis), Shanghai 200433, China.[3]Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院检验科[4]Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Background The positive rate of pathogenic examination about tuberculosis is low. It is still difficult to achieve early diagnosis for some TB patients. The value of Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis remains controversial. The purpose of this multicenter prospective study was to verify and validate the role of TBAg/PHA ratio (TB-specific antigen to phytohaemagglutinin) of T-SPOT.TB assay in diagnosing ATB. Methods We prospectively enrolled 2390 suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients with positive T-SPOT assay results from three tertiary hospitals. Results A total of 1549 ATB (active tuberculosis) patients (including 1091 confirmed and 458 probable ATB) and 724 non-tuberculosis (non-TB) patients with positive T-SPOT results were included. The results of this study showed that ESAT-6 and CFP-10 in the T-SPOT.TB assay were significantly higher in the ATB group compared with the non-TB group, while PHA was lower in the ATB group. Results of ESAT-6, CFP-10 and PHA show a certain diagnostic performance, but moderate sensitivity and specificity. The TBAg/PHA ratio, a further calculation of ESAT-6, CFP-10 and PHA in T-SPOT.TB assay showed improved performance in the diagnosis of active Tuberculosis. If using the threshold value of 0.2004, the specificity and sensitivity of TBAg/PHA ratio in distinguishing ATB from non-TB were 92.3% and 74.4%, PPV was 95.4, PLR was 9.6. Conclusion By recalculating the results of T-SPOT.TB Assay, the TBAg/PHA ratio shows high prospect value in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in high prediction areas.
基金：
National "13th Five-Year Plan"for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases [2018ZX10722302]; National Mega Project on Major Infectious Disease Prevention [2017ZX10103005-007, 2020ZX09201001-004-001]; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81401639]
第一作者单位：[1]Department of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zhengmin Road, Shanghai 200433, China.[2]Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease (Tuberculosis), Shanghai 200433, China.
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
liu yidian,yao lan,wang feng,et al.The TBAg/PHA ratio in T-SPOT.TB assay has high prospective value in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a multicenter study in China[J].RESPIRATORY RESEARCH.2021,22(1):doi:10.1186/s12931-021-01753-5.
APA：
liu,yidian,yao,lan,wang,feng,sun,ziyong,tan,yaoju&sha,wei.(2021).The TBAg/PHA ratio in T-SPOT.TB assay has high prospective value in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a multicenter study in China.RESPIRATORY RESEARCH,22,(1)
MLA：
liu,yidian,et al."The TBAg/PHA ratio in T-SPOT.TB assay has high prospective value in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a multicenter study in China".RESPIRATORY RESEARCH 22..1(2021)
