A significantly negative reversion in the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) test is reported in patients on dialysis, which makes the results unreliable. The CD4 and CD8 responses of the QFT-Gold plus (QFT-Plus) may have better positive consistency, but this needs to be investigated. ...
目的 系统评价T-SPOT.TB和QuantiFERON-TB(QFT-GIT/QFT-Plus)诊断活动性结核病(ATB)的准确性。方法 计算机检索PubMed、Web of Science、Cochrane Library、EMbase、CNKI、WanFang Data和CBM数据库,搜集比较T-SPOT.TB和QFT-GIT/QFT-Plus诊断ATB的诊断准确性研究,检索时限均为建库至2022年2月8日。由2名研究者独立...
Running title: More false negative and indeterminate QuantiFERON -TB Gold IT results in patients with TB who smoke. 来自 BioMed Central 喜欢 0 阅读量: 28 作者: P Ravn 摘要: Rationale: False negative and indeterminate Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) results are a well documented problem....
目的:结核感染是HIV患者最主要的致死因素并且其诊断一直是临床所急需解决的重要问题.QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube(QFT-GIT)是一种基于γ干扰素释放试验(Interferon gamma release assays,IGRAs)的检测结核感染的方法.它较传统方法——结核菌素皮肤试验(Tuberculin skin test,TST)更为简便但结果却受患者免疫状态的影响较...
Thus, in this study we evaluate the effect of smoking on IFN-γ responsiveness, and the association of smoking with indeterminate and/or false negative QFT results in a cohort of Tanzanian patients and in a small Danish cohort. Methods Setting and participants Denmark: Patients from three ...
However, whether a real sensitivity and specificity could be obtained in the absence of a gold standard is debatable. Previous studies, performed with active tuberculosis patients as positive controls and low risk subjects used as negative controls, obtained a sensitivity of 89–90% and a ...
We describe the contact investigation after detection of an infectious form of TB in a military camp using an Interferon-g-Release-Assay (IGRA, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube [QTF-GIT]) eight weeks after detection of the index case. INDEX PATIENT: The......
infection (LTBI) among the residents in seven long-term care facilities (LTCFs) located in different regions of Taiwan and compared the performance of two interferon gamma release assays, i.e., QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) for screening ...
Positive Quantiferon Gold (QFT-G) TB Testing in Three Patients with IBD on Biologics with a Documented Negative PPD Prior to Therapy: 1441Kundrotas, LeonRajlakshmi, FnuOfficial journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG
The aim of this study was to evaluate the response to tuberculosis treatment using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) kit. Blood samples of 100 patients with active TB were taken before treatment and after three months, if treatment was successful and sputum culture was negative. Whole ...