| Literature DB >> 26827092 |
Kiran Gajurel1, Aruna K Subramanian2.
Abstract
We report a case of QuantiFERON TB-Gold conversion associated to Mycobacterium gordonae in an elderly male from an assisted living facility without known risk factors for tuberculosis. This knowledge of environmental mycobacteria causing positive quantiferon assays is important to avoid unnecessary treatment of false-positive latent tuberculosis, especially in the absence of well-established positive predictive value of quantiferon conversion.Entities:
Keywords: Interferon gamma release assay; Latent tuberculosis; Mycobacterium gordonae; Quantiferon; Tuberculosis
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26827092 DOI： 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.10.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN： 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803