Although terminology involving the TB skin test, tuberculin skin test, PPD and Mantoux are often used interchangeably, TST is preferred. The TST is an indirect method used to evaluate cell-mediated immunity in response to mycobacterial antigens [84]. In brief, a delayed hypersensitivity reaction ...
Furthermore, a multivariable logistic regression indicated that age, sex, BMI and smoking status did not influence specificity and/or sensitivity of the index test. Figure 2 (A) TAM-based assay procedure overview from blood collection to delivery of results within 24 h. Briefly, a single ...
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13. The actual performance of the skin test under field conditions is dependent not only on the attributes of the test itself, but also on the diligence of the tester in adhering to the correct procedure. This performance is continuously monitored in Great Britain by analysing a number of TB...
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Description of the procedure followed to analyse the urine samples of the 332 participants by high and/or low NMR. NMR, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; TB, tuberculosis; PnP, pneumococcal pneumonia; LTBI, latent TB infection; uninfected, individuals without infection. ...
The same procedure was followed for a test sample by using a buffer containing the commercial recombinant proteins/antigens. Various concentrations of antigen were tested until a red line/dot was visible. Concentrations of 4 and 2.7 µg/mL for CFP-10 and ESAT-6, respectively, were used as...