Table 1 Results of the tuberculin skin test
From: Skin thickness affects the result of tuberculin skin test in systemic sclerosis
Indurated size 72 h after the TST | |||||||||||||||
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Tuberculosis infection (N = 17) | Non-tuberculosis infection (N = 151) | ||||||||||||||
Previous tuberculosis (N = 16) | Recent tuberculosis (N = 1) | Tuberculosis contact (N = 16) | No tuberculosis contact (N = 135) | ||||||||||||
< 5 mm | 5–9 mm | 10–14 mm | ≥ 15 mm | < 5 mm | 5–9 mm | 10–14 mm | ≥ 15 mm | < 5 mm | 5–9 mm | 10–14 mm | ≥ 15 mm | < 5 mm | 5–9 mm | 10–14 mm | ≥ 15 mm |
N = 14 | N = 1 | N = 0 | N = 1 | N = 1 | N = 0 | N = 0 | N = 0 | N = 14 | N = 2 | N = 0 | N = 0 | N = 117 | N = 10 | N = 4 | N = 4 |