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Comparison of the change in QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube results after preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundWe investigated changes in the interferon-γ levels before and after treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assays.
Ock-Hwa Kim, Kyung-Wook Jo, Shinhee Park, Yong-Ha Jo, Mi-Na Kim, Heungsup Sung, Tae Sun Shim   +6 more
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Comparative evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection during solid organ transplantation

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2020
Background : The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in solid organ transplantation (SOT) patients under lifelong immunosuppression has profound effects on preoperative and postoperative management.
Sun Joo Yoon, Won Kyung Kwon, Mi Jeong Jeong, Jinyoung Lee, Ha Young Oh, Wooseong Huh, Hye Ryoun Jang, Jae-Won Joh, Jong Man Kim, Gyu-Seong Choi, Sung Joo Kim, Jae Berm Park, Kyo Won Lee, Dong Hyun Sinn, Jin-Oh Choi, Eun-Suk Kang   +15 more
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Evaluation of a new interferon gamma release assay, in comparison to tuberculin skin tests and quantiferon tuberculosis goldplus for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection in children from a high tuberculosis burden setting

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Background: Detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in children, exposed to tuberculosis (TB) infections, followed by appropriate treatment, could be instrumental in reducing TB burden.
Kirtilaxmi Benachinmardi, Sangeetha Sampath, Mohan Rao   +2 more
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Performance of T-Track^® TB, a Novel Dual Marker RT-qPCR-Based Whole-Blood Test for Improved Detection of Active Tuberculosis

Diagnostics, 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death by an infectious disease. It remains a major health burden worldwide, in part due to misdiagnosis.
Johannes P. Meier, Selina Möbus, Florian Heigl, Alexandra Asbach-Nitzsche, Hans Helmut Niller, Annelie Plentz, Korkut Avsar, Marion Heiß-Neumann, Bernhard Schaaf, Uwe Cassens, Bernd Seese, Daniel Teschner, Sabin Handzhiev, Uwe Graf, Christoph Lübbert, Monika Steinmaurer, Konstantina Kontogianni, Christoph Berg, Andreas Maieron, Stefan H. Blaas, Ralf Wagner, Ludwig Deml, Sascha Barabas   +22 more
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CD4 response of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus for positive consistency of latent tuberculosis infection in patients on dialysis

Scientific Reports, 2020
A significantly negative reversion in the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) test is reported in patients on dialysis, which makes the results unreliable.
Ping-Huai Wang, Shu-Yung Lin, Susan Shih-Jung Lee, Shu-Wen Lin, Chih-Yuan Lee, Yu-Feng Wei, Chin-Chung Shu, Jann-Yuan Wang, Chong-Jen Yu   +8 more
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In Patients with Severe COVID-19, the Profound Decrease in the Peripheral Blood T-Cell Subsets Is Correlated with an Increase of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Indeterminate Rates and Reflecting a Reduced Interferon-Gamma Production

Life, 2022
Increased rates of indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Assay (QFT-Plus) were demonstrated in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19.
Alessandra Imeneo, Grazia Alessio, Andrea Di Lorenzo, Laura Campogiani, Alessandra Lodi, Filippo Barreca, Marta Zordan, Virginia Barchi, Barbara Massa, Simona Tedde, Angela Crea, Pietro Vitale, Ilaria Spalliera, Mirko Compagno, Luigi Coppola, Luca Dori, Vincenzo Malagnino, Elisabetta Teti, Massimo Andreoni, Loredana Sarmati, Marco Iannetta   +20 more
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The Pitfalls of Mining for QuantiFERON Gold in Severely Ill Patients With COVID-19

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2022
Objective: To assess the proportion of indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) results in patients admitted for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia and evaluate the factors associated with indeterminate QFT-Plus results ...
Melissa P. Cortes, MD, Carrie S. Schultz, PA-C, MS, Shahin Isha, MBBS, Jorge E. Sinclair, MD, Shivang Bhakta, MD, Katie L. Kunze, PhD, MA, Patrick W. Johnson, BS, Jennifer B. Cowart, MD, Rickey E. Carter, PhD, Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Devang K. Sanghavi, MBBS, MD, Archana Roy, MD   +11 more
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Vitamin D supplementation to prevent tuberculosis infection in South African schoolchildren: multicenter phase 3 double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial (ViDiKids)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
: Objectives: To determine whether weekly oral supplementation with 10,000 IU vitamin D3 for 3 years reduces the risk of sensitization to M. tuberculosis in South African schoolchildren aged 6-11 years with negative QuantiFERON-tuberculosis (TB) Gold ...
Keren Middelkoop, Justine Stewart, Neil Walker, Carmen Delport, David A. Jolliffe, Anna K. Coussens, James Nuttall, Jonathan C.Y. Tang, William D. Fraser, Christopher J. Griffiths, Geeta Trilok Kumar, Suzanne Filteau, Richard L. Hooper, Robert J. Wilkinson, Linda-Gail Bekker, Adrian R. Martineau   +15 more
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Sensitivity and characteristics associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus assay in children with confirmed tuberculosis.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BACKGROUND:Although QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus), a new interferon-gamma release assay, has shown good performance in adults, little data is available in children. METHODS:De-identified data from TB-suspected patients age
Duc T Nguyen, Ha Phan, Trang Trinh, Hang Nguyen, Ha Doan, Nam Pham, Hung Nguyen, Hanh Nguyen, Hung V Nguyen, Hoi V Le, Nhung Nguyen, Edward A Graviss   +11 more
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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among foreign students in Lübeck, Germany tested with QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2017
Background The tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate in foreign-born individuals has been increasing in Germany in recent years. Foreign students may be an important source of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in low-incidence countries.
Elia Noemi Gallegos Morales, Johannes Knierer, Anja Schablon, Albert Nienhaus, Jan Felix Kersten   +4 more
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