Table 2

Positive skin test results with different antigens using > 10 mm as cut off point

BCG (+) > 10mm/total (%)BCG (–) > 10mm/total (%)RR95% CIp value
5 TU PPD18–21,23–25,28–35,37,38,40–42 (n=20)6660/26469 (25.2%)4388/23041 (19.0%)2.121.50 to 3.00<0.0001
2 TU RT23 26,27,36,39,43 (n=5)7199/33456 (21.5%)4208/41000 (10.3%)2.651.83 to 3.85<0.0001
1TU RT2322 (n=1)46/285 (16.1%)99/1746 (5.7%)2.852.05 to 3.95<0.0001