Product Overview

The T-SPOT^®.TB test is a blood test for the diagnosis of active and latent TB infection that enumerates the response of effector T cells that have been sensitized to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.  

The T-SPOT.TB test is the only blood test that has demonstrated in a pivotal clinical study both sensitivity and specificity exceeding ninety-five percent and reliability in all targeted testing groups.   

The T-SPOT.TB test addresses the unique requirements of all groups tested for TB:  

Accurate: The only TB test with sensitivity and specificity exceeding 95% in pivotal clinical trials.

Reliable: Even in challenging testing populations, including foreign-born and immunosuppressed.

Simple: One visit, one tube.

Saves money: Hundreds of institutions have already seen how.

Covered by most insurance: CPT code 86481.

The T-SPOT.TB Test Kit

• Flexible 96-well format
  • Twelve, 8-well strips
  • Four wells used per patient, 24 patients per kit
  • Positive and Negative control for each patient test
  • A minimum of 1 patient test can be run
• Utilizes standard blood collection tubes
• No special lab equipment required

¹T-SPOT.TB Pivotal Clinical Study.  Sensitivity of 95.6%.  Specificity of 97.1%.  T-SPOT.TB Package Insert.

²T-SPOT.TB Pivotal Clinical Study.  T-SPOT.TB results were not associated with immunocompromised status or BCG vaccination.  T-SPOT.TB was not impacted by age.  T-SPOT.TB Package Insert.