Comparison between Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube test and tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children: A cross-section study
| Autor: | Alisha Akya, Mansour Rezaei, Keyghobad Ghadiri, Shahla Masoomshahi, Roya Chegenelorestani, Seyed Amirabbas Sharif, Raha Khosravi, Maryam Janatolmakan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Latent tuberculosis Cross-sectional study business.industry lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Tuberculin lcsh:RC86-88.9 General Medicine Skin test bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Test (assessment) tuberculosis latent tuberculosis infection tuberculin skin test quanti feron Internal medicine medicine business Kappa Gold in tube |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Acute Disease, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 73-77 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2221-6189 |
| Popis: | Objective: To compare Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT- GIT) test and tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 64 participants who were between 3 months and 14 years old and had close contact with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis were included. Both QFT- GIT test and TST were done and the results were analyzed by SPSS software and Kappa test. Results: The distribution of gender and age according to QFT-GIT and TST results were matched (P>0.05). Overall agreement between QFT-GIT and TST for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children was 75%. In addition, the contingency coefficient was 0.257, and the Kappa measure of agreement was 0.246 (P=0.034). Conclusions: Compared to TST, QFT-GIT shows no apparent advantage for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children. |
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