Successful transition to the QFT-PLUS assay, but more is needed for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection. [PDF]
Korean J Intern Med, 2020 Lee EH, Lee EH, Kang YA.
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Concordance of TST and QFT-Plus, Sensitivity and Specificity of TST and QFT-Plus in Detection of LTBI in MDR TB Contact [PDF]
Jurnal Respirologi Indonesia, 2022 Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease and the main cause of world health problems. Not all individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) develop active TB. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a state of persistent immune
Rullyano Hardian +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of IGRA/QFT-Plus for TB screening of migrants in Oman. [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 OBJECTIVE To estimate the cost of a screening program for identifying latent tuberculosis (TB) infections in migrants to Oman. METHODS A Markov model was used to estimate the cost of screening using an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) applied to ...
Seif S Al Abri +5 more
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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.
Lingyun Shao +2 more
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Performance comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among HIV patients in China [PDF]
PeerJIntroduction No direct comparative study assessing QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) in China has been conducted.
Peng Lu +10 more
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P164 Qft-plus: do the peptides in the tb2 tube induce a t suppressor response in some subjects? [PDF]
Early detection and screening in TB, 2017 Introduction The revised QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay (QFT-Plus) has an extra tube (TB2), containing peptides thought to stimulate CD8 +T cells; TB7 antigen is no longer included. The test is designed to detect latent tuberculosis infection.
M. Sieren +4 more
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) test is an assay for detecting a cell-mediated immune response to M. tuberculosis (MTB). The assay measures the in vitro quantitative IFN-γ responses to MTB or control antigens in an incubated blood ...
Martin Kroll, Richard B Clark
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Fourth-generation chemiluminescence QuantiFERON-TB Plus assay <i>versus</i> T-SPOT.TB semi-automated assay: a case for the use of both assays in immunosuppressed patients. [PDF]
ERJ Open ResGraphical abstract Overview of the study. QFT: QuantiFERON-TB; IGRA: interferon-γ release assay. Background The World Health Organization recommends screening and providing preventive treatment of tuberculosis in high-risk groups.
Palacios-Penedo S +11 more
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Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold plus among TB household contacts in high incidence settings
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Accurately identifying and categorizing individuals who are latently infected is critical for developing prevention strategies against tuberculosis (TB) disease.
Sophie Nalukwago +7 more
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Comparison of QFT-IT and QFT-Plus for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Iranian Patients
Novelty in BiomedicineBackground: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health issue, especially among Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals, where early detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is crucial.
Zahra Abtahian +4 more
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