Sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube for diagnosis of recent versus remote M. tuberculosis infection
| Autor: | Niaz Banaei, Jemianne Bautista |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD Gastroenterology Sensitivity and Specificity QuantiFERON Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis diagnosis Internal medicine medicine Humans Reference standards T-SPOT.TB Tuberculin skin test conversion biology business.industry Tuberculin Test General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Immunology Female business Interferon-gamma Release Tests |
| Zdroj: | Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 73(3) |
| ISSN: | 1879-0070 |
| Popis: | The sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube was measured in 104 subjects with recent (≤2 years) and remote Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using tuberculin skin test conversion as the reference standard. The sensitivity was not significantly different between the 2 groups (33% versus 20%, P = 0.3). This finding suggests interferon-γ release assays may not be more sensitive for diagnosis of recent than remote infection. Longitudinal studies are needed to validate this finding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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