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Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold plus among TB household contacts in high incidence settings

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Accurately identifying and categorizing individuals who are latently infected is critical for developing prevention strategies against tuberculosis (TB) disease.
Sophie Nalukwago, Bonnie Thiel, Keith Chervenak, AnnaRitah Namuganga, LaShaunda L. Malone, Mary Nsereko, W. Henry Boom, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of QFT-IT and QFT-Plus for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Iranian Patients

Novelty in Biomedicine
Background: 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, Elaheh Eghbal, Payam Tabarsi, Farima Khalili, Mohammad Javad Nasiri   +4 more
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Interferon-gamma release assay conversion after Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure specifically associates with greater risk of progression to tuberculosis: A prospective cohort study in Leicester, UK

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: We investigated whether quantifying the serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) response improves tuberculosis (TB) risk stratification in pulmonary TB (PTB) contacts.
Jee Whang Kim, Joshua Nazareth, Joanne Lee, Hemu Patel, Gerrit Woltmann, Raman Verma, Anne O'Garra, Pranabashis Haldar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison study of QuantiFERON test with tuberculin skin testing to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection among nurses working in teaching hospitals of Ahvaz, Iran

Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2016
Background: Prompt diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) are needed to control TB. The aim of the study was to compare the performance of Quanti FERON-TB test (QFT) with conventional TST for the diagnosis of LTBI. Methods:
Seyed-Mohammad Alavi, shokrollah salmanzadeh, Hajar Abbasifar   +2 more
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QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children

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, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Bahman Pourabbas, Mehdi Kalani   +3 more
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Sensitivity of Tuberculosis Infection Diagnostic Tests Among Different Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Rana N, Noseworthy R, Jabbour E, Palmert T, Salah M, Robayo SD, Nafade V, Santos VS, Campbell JR.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Comparative agreement between tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube across different levels of exposure in a college-based tuberculosis outbreak. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Sun Z, Wu Y, Ding X, Liu Q, Shao Y, Zhang H, Lu W, Zhu L, Chen C, Martinez L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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 Res
Palacios-Penedo S, Arias-Guillén M, Escalante P, Castelló-Abietar C, Menéndez-Vallina I, Ramírez-Parras G, Buendía-Romero P, García-García JM, Riestra-Menéndez S, Asensi-Álvarez V, Palacios-Gutiérrez JJ, Palacios-Gutiérrez JJ.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Performance of TB Antigen-Based Skin Tests Amongst Healthcare Workers-Sevagram, India, 2023-2024. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Shivkumar PV, Rannaware A, Deshmukh RD, Bhide SM, Deotale VS, Jain J, Mundra A, Kaipilyawar S, Khaparde S, Yeldandi V, Sandhu H, Date A, Narang P, Smith JP, Moonan PK, Ho CS, Garg BS.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A QuantiFERON^®-TB Gold Plus-Based Model for Predicting Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients with Diabetes. [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist
Zhou J, Lin X, Yu Y, Zhang Y, Qiu L, Lin Z, Jiang X, Shi J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source