QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube implementation for latent tuberculosis diagnosis in a public health clinic: a cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012 Background The tuberculin skin test (TST) has limitations for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosis in low-prevalence settings. Previously, all TST-positive individuals referred from the community to Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) were ...
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Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in haemodialysis (HD) patients: a meta-analysis of κ estimates. [PDF]
Epidemiol Infect, 2017 SUMMARYDiagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a concern in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Many studies have compared QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) for detecting LTBI and reported theκstatistic of agreement between QFT-GIT and TST in HD patients.
Ayubi E +7 more
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QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube for contact screening in BCG-vaccinated adults: A longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 ObjectiveTo assess the utility of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) for targeting preventive therapy in BCG-vaccinated contacts of tuberculosis (TB), based on its high specificity and negative predictive value for development of TB.MethodsWe ...
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QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015 Background: Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) play the most important role in the control of tuberculosis.
Hossein Masoumi Asl +3 more
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Low-dose steroids are associated with indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay results in immunocompetent children [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Immunocompromised status can result in indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) results, but the association of indeterminate results with immunocompetent status in children is unknown.
Kyu Ho Kim, Ji-Man Kang, Jong Gyun Ahn
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Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold plus among TB household contacts in high incidence settings [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Accurately identifying and categorizing individuals who are latently infected is critical for developing prevention strategies against tuberculosis (TB) disease.
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2016 The differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains difficult despite the availability of numerous diagnostic tools.
Lei Shen, Lingyun Shao, Wenhong Zhang
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Comparison of quantiferon TB-GOLD (QFT-GIT) test versus tuberculin skin test (TST) for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening among national guard general population in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Value in Health, 2015 exaly +3 more sources
Fluctuating Behavior and Influential Factors in the Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) is a newly developed but widely used interferon-γ release assay for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). However, research has not determined whether age or the use of an immune suppressive or anti-TB treatment ...
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is an emerging QuantiFERON test after QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) for tuberculosis infection detection; it is an IFN-γ release assay.
Yuzhen Xu +9 more
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