| Literature DB >> 17978008 |
Jose Domínguez1, Juan Ruiz-Manzano, Malú De Souza-Galvão, Irene Latorre, Celia Milà, Silvia Blanco, M Angeles Jiménez, Cristina Prat, Alicia Lacoma, Neus Altet, Vicente Ausina.
Abstract
We evaluated the T-SPOT.TB and Quantiferon-TB Gold In tube (QFN-G-IT) tests for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. T-SPOT.TB was more sensitive than QFN-G-IT in diagnosing both active and latent infection. Both gamma interferon tests were unaffected by prior Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination. Among children who were not BCG vaccinated but had a positive tuberculin skin test, QFN-G-IT was negative in 53.3% of cases, and T-SPOT.TB was negative in 50% of cases.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17978008 PMCID: PMC2223867 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00364-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X