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QFT-GIT and TST values in pulmonary TB patients stratified by smear microscopy status and in the group of controls.

, 2015
Individual values of the QFT-GIT (A) and TST diameter (B) in the groups of pulmonary TB patients stratified by smear microscopy status and in the entire group of controls.
Hui Xia (133168), Yanlin Zhao (251552), Guy Vernet (174407), Xiaomen Wang (721383), Fabin Li (721384), Christophe Longuet (310277), Delia Goletti (78635), Philippe H. Lagrange (310259)   +7 more
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Serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube testing for psoriatic patients receiving antitumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy

Dermatologica Sinica, 2015
Background/Objective: Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) antagonists have become increasingly popular in the treatment of psoriasis. However, the increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) reactivation has also become an important issue in ...
Chun-Yu Cheng, Rosaline Chung-Yee Hui, Sindy Hu, Meng-Heng Hsieh, Yu-Huei Huang   +4 more
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Factors associated with LTBI conversion detected by QFT-GIT (n = 361)^*.

, 2015
* The criterion used for incidence was baseline TB antigen-Nil0.35IU/mlAmong the 252 participants with QFT-GIT positive baseline results (>0.35 IU/ml), 53 (21.0%) appeared to revert at the time of follow up (Fig 1).Factors associated with LTBI conversion
Yudan Song (742540), Fei Gao (29262), John D. Klena (194511), Shufang Guo (742545), Carol Y. Rao (27417), Fangfang Gao (742538), Chunru Wu (742548), Jing An (74610), Guangxue He (499835), Guoxin Han (742539), Haiying Fan (267645), Yanlin Zhao (251552), Liping Ren (228832), Yueyun Hou (742543), Guoming He (742544), Yuan Li (67017), Daiqin Yan (742546), Jun Yang (2084), Shiming Cheng (348758), Jianbo Li (286642), Yu Wang (12152), Hui Guo (110581), Kai Lu (166354), Yongchao Xiong (742541), Xiaoyan Duan (742547), Yali Wang (332169), Haiyan Gao (524806), Dongmei Hu (30841), Lixia Wang (331745), Fengming Duan (742549), Fei Zhao (183673), Mengjie Geng (742542)   +31 more
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Two-way sensitivity analysis of QFT-GIT costs at different TST specificities.

, 2013
The red-shaded area represents the values where the QFT-GIT only strategy is more costly. The blue-shaded area represents the values where the TST only strategy is more costly.
Mayara Bastos (399319), Rossini Ferrari (399318), Sandra Teixeira de Abreu (399320), Dick Menzies (66118), Ricardo Ewbank Steffen (399315), Rosângela Caetano (399316), Diogo Chaves (399317), Anete Trajman (359740), Márcia Pinto (157934)   +8 more
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Influence of the physicians’ clinical suspicion of tuberculosis (CSTB) on rate of QFT-GIT results in active pulmonary TB patients according to their disease localisation and HIV status.

, 2013
Footnotes: QFT-GIT: QuantiFERON® Gold in Tube; TB: tuberculosis;*TB diagnosis by QFT-GIT (“clinical sensitivity”) within the group considered; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; CSTB: clinical suspicion of TB; NA: not applicable.
Alamelu Raja (310281), Archana Sodha (310287), Philippe H. Lagrange (310259), Sarman Singh (52206), Kiran Katoch (310273), Guy Vernet (174407), Enrico Girardi (78640), Pratibha Sharma (153511), Vishwa M. Katoch (310275), Christophe Longuet (310277), Marc Leportier (310276), Balambal Raman (310283), Subbalaxmi V. S. Malladi (310278), Beenu Joshi (310271), Vemu Lakshmi (23175), Rajeshwar Dayal (310265), Delia Goletti (78635), Deepali Mukerjee (310279), Alaka Deshpande (322819), Nirmal K. Ganguly (200532), Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer (310288), Camilla Rodrigues (287811), Satheesh K. Thangaraj (310262), Manoj Kumar (205700), Deepthi Nair (310280), Amit Singh (130923)   +25 more
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QFT-GIT and TST values in the different groups of PTB patients stratified by smear microscopy status.

, 2015
Individual values of the QFT-GIT (A) and TST diameter (B) in the different groups of PTB patients stratified by smear microscopy grade. Horizontal lines represent the median and interquartile range (25%-75%).
Hui Xia (133168), Yanlin Zhao (251552), Guy Vernet (174407), Xiaomen Wang (721383), Fabin Li (721384), Christophe Longuet (310277), Delia Goletti (78635), Philippe H. Lagrange (310259)   +7 more
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Sensitivity of the QFT-GIT and TST, using different cut-off points, in the groups of PTB patients stratified by province of enrolment.

, 2015
Footnotes: N1: number of subjects tested; IR: indeterminate results; NR: no return visit for a TST reading; N2: number of subjects with interpretable results; % Sensitivity: percentage of sensitivity, calculated with available QFT-GIT and TST results; 95%
Hui Xia (133168), Yanlin Zhao (251552), Guy Vernet (174407), Xiaomen Wang (721383), Fabin Li (721384), Christophe Longuet (310277), Delia Goletti (78635), Philippe H. Lagrange (310259)   +7 more
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Agreement and concordance value (Kappa coefficient) of the QFT-GIT and TST results in the 100 controls stratified by age.

, 2015
Footnotes: QFT-GIT: QuantiFERON-TB G In-tube; TST: tuberculin skin test; a 5 mm cut-off point was used for TST.*: one BCG vaccination at birth,**: two BCG vaccinations (the first at birth and the second at one year if the TST was negative),***: no BCG ...
Hui Xia (133168), Yanlin Zhao (251552), Guy Vernet (174407), Xiaomen Wang (721383), Fabin Li (721384), Christophe Longuet (310277), Delia Goletti (78635), Philippe H. Lagrange (310259)   +7 more
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Flow chart shows the distribution of results of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assay in 238 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) before and after anti-TNF-α therapy.

, 2016
Seven patients developed active tuberculosis (TB) disease after anti-TNF-α therapy. LTBI: latent TB infection; INHP: isoniazid prophylaxis; QFT-GIT (+): positive QFT-GIT result; QFT-GIT (-): negative QFT-GIT result. QFT-GIT conversions were defined as: 1)
Yi-Ming Chen (511275), Hsin-Hua Chen (802385), Joung-Liang Lan (511278), Chia-Wei Hsieh (3353159), Ju-Pi Li (833145), Tsai-Ling Liao (780063), Yea-Wen Yeh (3353162), Der-Yuan Chen (511274)   +7 more
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Likelihood ratio for indeterminate results based on the combination of lymphocyte count and NLR in 2773 QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) tests.

, 2015
Positive and negative results of QFT-GIT are considered as “determinate”.Likelihood ratio for indeterminate results based on the combination of lymphocyte count and NLR in 2773 QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) tests.
Bo-Ram Kim (714663), Kwang-Sook Woo (736930), Kyeong-Hee Kim (736933), Jae-Lim Choi (736932), Byoung-Gwon Kim (736931)   +4 more
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