Diagnostic Value of Tuberculosis Antibody Detection in Children with Tu-berculosis

Objective To study the diagnostic value of tuberculosis antibody detection in children with tuberculosis. Methods 60 cases of children with tuberculosis were selected as the observation group and 60 cases of non-tuberculosis patients were selected as the control group, both groups were treated in the hospital from April 2013 to May 2014. The tuberculin test(PPD test) and serum tuberculosis antibody detection were performed in the two groups of children, and the results of the two groups were comparatively analyzed. Results There were 47 positive cases detected by PPD test and the positive rate was 78.3% which were significantly higher than 21 cases and 35.0% of tuberculosis antibody detection, and the differences were statistically significant(P 0.05). The sensitivity of tuberculosis antibody detection was lower. The positive cases and rate by PPD test of the observation group were 12 cases and 20%, which were significantly higher than 0 case and 0 of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(P0.05), the specificity of tuberculosis antibody detection is higher. Conclusion The tuberculosis antibody detection is suitable for being taken as a reference for diagnosis of children with tuberculosis, which is of sensitivity and specificity combined with other diagnostic methods and is of important medical value.