In two patients, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) first became positive and then became negative again. The rate of patients with positive initial QFT test results was 42.2%, while the rate of patients who became negative during follow-up was 11.8%. There were ...
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Our results suggest that QuantiFERON-TB Gold may be used as confirmatory test for TST positive immigrants candidate to preventive therapy. 展开 关键词: -TB Gold ESAT-6 CFP 10 Immigrants Latent tuberculosis infection DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.02.004 被引量: 87 ...
The tests varied in cost structure; most (70%) TST costs were due to time demands on the participants, whereas the QFT-G was more expensive in terms of consumables (50% of the total cost). Accordingly, the results depend on the hourly wages of the participants and the time they must ...
which has no gold standard in adults or children, a hierarchy of reference standards has been proposed (Figure 2). In theabsenceof randomized trials on the efficacy of preventive therapy based on IGRA results,predictive valuefor progression to active disease is one of the most important reference...
Changes in QuantiFERON- TB Gold In-Tube results during treatment for tuberculous infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013;17:909-16.Bastos ML, Menzies D, Belo MT, et al. Changes in QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold In-Tube results during treatment for tuberculous infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis ...
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This could be explained by several factors such as: 1) False-negative results/low sensitivity of TST in subjects truly infected with Mtb, but un-reactive due to diminishing of the response over time [36]. 2) Undernutrition associated immunosuppression [37]. 3) The difference in the potential...
Indeed, the observation that QFT-GIT results in our population show a high variability over time complicates the potential use of a single QFT-GIT test as a supportive test in the diagnosis of childhood TB. As long as it is not clear whether conversions and reversions correlate with the ...
We aimed to (1) determine the proportion of HIV-1-infected adults with a negative QuantiFERON®-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) and Tuberculin skin testing (TST) that convert to QFT-GIT positive following TST, and (2) evaluate the relationship between conversion and baseline QFT-GIT results. ...