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The predictive value of a QuantiFERON conversion in the development of active tuberculosis disease in adolescents

, 2011
This study is an extension of a prospective epidemiological study of TB disease and infection in adolescents in the Worcester and surrounding areas in the Western Cape carried out from 2005 to 2009, in which 6363 participants were enrolled from local ...
Machingaidze, Shingai
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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

Differentially expressed transcript isoforms associate with resistance to tuberculin skin test and interferon gamma release assay conversion. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Simmons JD, Segnitz RM, Dill-McFarland KA, Stein CM, Peterson GJ, Mayanja-Kizza H, Boom WH, Hawn TR.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evolution of the tuberculin skin test reveals generalisable Mtb-reactive T cell metaclones. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Turner CT, Tiffeau-Mayer A, Rosenheim J, Chandran A, Saxena R, Zhang P, Jiang J, Berkeley M, Pang F, Uddin I, Nageswaran G, Byrne S, Karthikeyan A, Smidt W, Ogongo P, Byng-Maddick R, Capocci S, Lipman M, Kunst H, Lozewicz S, Ramsuran V, Pollara G, Knight JC, Leslie A, Chain BM, Noursadeghi M.   +25 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is the course of COVID-19 associated with tuberculin skin test diameter? A retrospective study. [PDF]

J Med Virol, 2022
Arslan Gulen T, Bayraktar M, Yaksi N, Kayabas U.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Factors associated with tuberculin skin test positivity among household contacts of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Umerkot, Sindh

, 2000
Tuberculosis is on constant rise in nearly all parts of the globe and more so in developing countries. It is recognized a major public health problem in Pakistan with an incidence of 181/100,000 population during 1998.
Rathi, Suresh Kumar
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Diagnostic accuracy and safety of Diaskintest^® compared with the tuberculin skin test for detecting tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated Brazilian adults. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Kritski A, Conceição C, Oliveira M, Dalvi APR, Cordeiro-Santos M, Moreira AR, Lopes A, Ruffino R, Rodrigues L, Mesquita E, Cardozo SV, Pereira MJF, Sakabe S, Trajman A, Bhering M.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Comparison of interferon gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test performance for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in the Pakistani population. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ishrat U, Khan S, Baig MS, Fleming J, Bi L, Ali S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test compared with tuberculin skin test in a double-blind, randomized, controlled study. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis, 2022
Yang Y, Fang Z, Huang W, Zhang H, Luo S, Lin S, Li S, Lu S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Versus Tuberculin Skin Test for Active Tuberculosis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel)
Tobaiqi MA, Alshamrani MN, Sriram S, Mahmoud AB, Fadlalmola HA, Albadrani M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source