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 no active TB cases. Of the 79 patients with positive QFT test results, 27.8% (n=22) had a negati...
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 ...
T-cell and Antibody responses were evaluated via the QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 Research Use Only (QFN SARS-CoV-2) assay which is an interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) and QIAreach Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Total (Anti-CoV-2) Test, respectively. Results: In a cohort of recently vaccinated ...
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[74]. The blood test quantifies interferon gamma release by usingM. tuberculosisantigens to stimulate sensitizedT cellsfrom TB-infected patients. Theoretically this test should not yield false positive results due to exposure to othermycobacteriaor priorBCGvaccination[74,75]. However, the false ...
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 ...
However, we did not find a significant difference in agreement of TB1 and TB2 according to different immune states or test indications (p = 0.531 and p = 0.327, respectively). None of the TB1 positive/TB2 negative results had a difference in IFN-γ release of >0.6 IU/mL, however 8 ...
HIV-1 infection results in the depletion of Mtb specific CD4 cells [2] and impaired effector responses to Mtb antigens, which could result in a false negative test for latent TB. For TST, where diameter of skin induration is measured, a lower cut-off of 5 mm rather than 10 mm is ...
However, the potential use of a single QFT-GIT test as a supportive test in the diagnosis of childhood TB is limited by the high variability in QFT-GIT results over time. The relationship of radiographic features of possible TB sequelae with immune mechanisms and future progression to TB ...
Table 2 QFT-Plus results scored negative in LTBI at the end of TB preventive therapy; evaluation of the response to antigens present in QFT-Plus test overtime. Full size table Table 3 QFT-Plus results scored negative in active TB at the end of therapy; evaluation of the response to antig...