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Characterization of QuantiFERON-TB-Plus Results in Patients with Tuberculosis Infection and Multiple Sclerosis [PDF]

Neurology International
Background: Disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) slightly increase the risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease. The QuantiFERON-TB-Plus (QFT-Plus) test is approved for TB infection (TBI) screening.
Elisa Petruccioli, Luca Prosperini, Serena Ruggieri, Valentina Vanini, Andrea Salmi, Gilda Cuzzi, Simonetta Galgani, Shalom Haggiag, Carla Tortorella, Gabriella Parisi, Alfio D’Agostino, Gina Gualano, Fabrizio Palmieri, Claudio Gasperini, Delia Goletti   +14 more
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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 response to stimulation of the Mtb antigen with no evidence of clinically manifest active TB ...
Rullyano Hardian, Reviono Reviono, Harsini Kusumo, Yusup Subagio Sutanto   +3 more
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Factors associated with indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Test results during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
ObjectiveIndeterminate QuantiFERON (QFT) results challenge clinical decision-making and often necessitate repeat testing. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of indeterminate QFT results and identify associated factors.MethodWe compared patients ...
Carla M Román-Montes, Karla M Tamez-Torres, Guillermo A Guaracha-Basañez, Alberto Ordinola-Navarro, Marco Antonio Ortiz-Bustamante, Sandra Rajme-López, Bernardo A Martínez-Guerra, Anabel Ordaz-Vázquez, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, Fernanda González-Lara, Miriam Bobadilla-Del-Valle   +11 more
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Preliminary performance of the VIDAS TB-IGRA as an aid in the diagnosis of individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
This preliminary study compares VIDAS TB-IGRA (bioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France) with the established QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) to evaluate diagnostic performance for the diagnosis of individuals infected with ...
Potiandi Serge Diagbouga, Arthur Diakourga Djibougou, Camille Pease, Ariana Alcaide, Audrey Berthoux, Natalie Bruiners, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Ardjouma Combary, Nadine Falchero, Deborah Handler, Antoinette Kaboré, Alfred Lardizabal, Amanda Lopes, Marissa Loubet, Philippe Manivet, Clemence Margain, Valerie Meunier, Faiza Mougari, Alberta Onyuka, Sophie Rivoiron, Tani Sagna, Mathilde Sanvert, Léon Sawadogo, Jacques Simporé, Emmanuelle Cambau, Maria Laura Gennaro   +25 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
To estimate the cost of a screening program for identifying latent tuberculosis (TB) infections in migrants to Oman.A Markov model was used to estimate the cost of screening using an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) applied to all migrants from high TB endemic countries, followed by preventive TB treatment.The model compared seven different ...
Al Abri, Seif, Kowada, Akiko, Yaqoubi, Fatma, Al Khalili, Sulien, Ndunda, Nduku, Petersen, Eskild   +5 more
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Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: a Real-World Study

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, Qingluan Yang, Jingyu Zhou, Feiran Zhou, Yufan Hezhang, Yan Gao, Lingyun Shao, Jichan Shi, Qiaoling Ruan, Wenhong Zhang   +9 more
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QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube assays for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in Thai healthcare workers [PDF]

, 2023
Detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important, especially in high-risk populations including healthcare workers (HCWs). QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is a new version of the interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) to replace the ...
Bhakdeenuan, Payu, Bunchoo, Supranee, Klayut, Wiphat, Phetsuksiri, Benjawan, Rudeeaneksin, Janisara, Srisungngam, Sopa   +5 more
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Retrospective Performance Analyses of over Two Million U.S. QuantiFERON Blood Sample Results

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
Both the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) tests are interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) intended to detect in vitro cell-mediated immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens.
Caixia Bi, Richard B. Clark, Ronald Master, Hema Kapoor, Martin H. Kroll, Ann E. Salm, William A. Meyer   +6 more
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Clinical significance of indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assay results in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe hyperinflammatory syndrome [PDF]

, 2021
Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) assay could be affected by conditions of immune dysregulation. Little is known about the reliability of QTF-Plus in COVID-19 patients.
Alcaide Fernández de Vega, Fernando, Antolí, Arnau, Basaez, Celeste, Corbella, Xavier, Fernández Huerta, Miguel, Rocamora Blanch, Gemma, Santín Cerezales, Miguel, Solanich, Xavier   +7 more
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QuantiFERON-TB Gold PLUS versus QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test for diagnosing tuberculosis infection [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020
Background/Aims QuantiFERON-TB Gold PLUS (QFT-PLUS) was developed as a new version of the interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assay that contains an extra antigen tube to elicit a CD8+ T-cell response in addition to a CD4+ T-cell response.
Soo Han Kim, Kyung-Wook Jo, Tae Sun Shim
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