Chawla H, Lobato MN, Sosa LE, ZuWallack R. Predictors for a positive QuantiFERON-TB-Gold test in BCG-vaccinated adults with a positive tuberculin skin test. J Infect Public Health 2012;5(6):369-73.Chawla H, Lobato MN, Sosa LE, ZuWallack R. Pre- dictors for a positive QuantiFERON...
Prevention of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States usually involves testing for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with a tuberculin skin test (TST), followed by offering therapy to those who have a positive test result. QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay (QFT-G) is more specific for infection with...
Comparative Performance of Tuberculin Skin Test, QuantiFERON-TB-Gold In Tube Assay, and T-Spot.TB Test in Contact Investigations for Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB)-specific interferon-纬 release assays (IGRAs) are an alternative or adjunct to the tuberculin skin test (TST) in identify...
Package Insert QuantiFERON®-TB Gold, Cellestis, Inc. July 2010. Package Insert T-SPOT®-TB. Oxford Immunotec Ltd, July 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities. MMWR 43:1-38, 1994. ...
Human contact tracing includes clinical examination, chest X-ray and Mantoux test or purified protein derivative (PPD). A gamma interferon release assays tests (such as QuantiFERON-TB gold®or T-Spot®) can be utilized in some cases. In developing countries, the intradermal delayed type hyper...
1a), and the deletion in H107e did not affect immunological recognition in healthy Quantiferon (QFT) positive human subjects (Fig. 1c). Likewise, H107e was as immunogenic as H107 in mice and elicited similar levels of IFN-γ recall responses (Supplementary Fig. 1c), though with slightly...
Monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio is significantly associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold-In-Tube and adult survival: an observational study This study aimed to find significant factors associated with tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease development. The participants were from National Healt... HB...
To better characterize this important population, studies comparing Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and the new interferon-纬 release assays including QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) have been conducted in different parts of the world, but most of these have been in countries with a low ...
All infants had to be HIV ELISA negative, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube test (QFT; Cellestis, Australia) negative, and have had no substantial exposure to a patient with known tuberculosis. The appendix contains the study protocol. The trial was approved by the University of Cape Town Faculty...
Tuberculosis (TB) presents globally a significant health problem and health care workers (HCW) are at increased risk of contracting TB infection. There is ... G Gran,Jrg Amus,AM Dyrhol-Riise - 《Bmc Public Health》 被引量: 55发表: 2013年 QuantiFERON-TB Gold test for screening latent tub...