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Interferon-gamma release assay for screening of tuberculosis infection in children
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Abstract Background Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is the main tool for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI). However, the indeterminate results were more frequent in children, and the underlying reasons were largely speculative.
Huiwen Zheng +8 more
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and the performance of interferon gamma release assays in Denmark.
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundThe QuantiFERON-TB-Gold Test (QFT) is more specific than the Mantoux skin-test to discriminate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections.
Thomas Stig Hermansen +3 more
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Acta Medica Iranica, 2021 We describe a 34-year-old woman with isolated tuberculosis (TB) uveitis who had unsuccessful resolution of her ocular surface squamous neoplasia after multiple shave excisions with a positive purified protein derivative (PPD) test and interferon-gamma ...
Hossein Aghaei +3 more
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Tuberculosis in Children: New diagnostic Blood Tests
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2010 The interferon-gamma-release assays were developed to overcome the pitfalls and logistic difficulties of the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).
F Kakkar +4 more
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Diagnostic Utility of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay in Tuberculous Lymphadenitis [PDF]
Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, 2019 Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of T-SPOT.TB for tuberculous lymphadenitis. Methods Suspected tuberculous lymphadenitis patients between September 2010 and September 2018 who had both peripheral blood T-SPOT.TB test and lymph node biopsy were retrospectively enrolled in this study.
Xin-Chao, Liu +10 more
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Serial interferon-gamma release assays during treatment of active tuberculosis in young adults
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010 Background The role of interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) in monitoring responses to anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment is not clear. We evaluated the results of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) assay over time during the anti-TB treatment of ...
Lee Choon-Taek +2 more
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Performance of Interferon-γ Release Assays in Patients with Mycobacterium kansasii Infection
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022 Chun-Hai Gao,1 Yan-An Zhang,2,3 Mao-Shui Wang3– 5 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Linyi People’s Hospital, Linyi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shandong Public Health Clinical Center, Cheeloo College of Medicine ...
Gao CH, Zhang YA, Wang MS
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BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Interferon-gamma release assays may be used as an alternative to the tuberculin skin test for detection of M. tuberculosis infection. However, the risk of active tuberculosis disease following screening using interferon-gamma release assays in
Robert J. Blount +9 more
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A 7-year-old girl with multiple skin ulcers: Case report and literature review
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2015 Introduction: There has been an increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide, but TB of the skin remains rare. Case presentation: A case of 7-year-old girl with multiple ulcerating nodules who presented with four ulcers in the skin of the ...
Eman Sobh +3 more
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BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2021 Tuberculosis (TB)-associated uveitis is a common cause of infectious uveitis in the developing world. Diagnosis of TB uveitis remains a challenge. The role of interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) is uncertain.
M A Rehman Siddiqui +2 more
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