Comparison of the 2-step tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-Tube test in the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in cancer patients

Comparison of the 2-step tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-Tube test in the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in cancer patients

Interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) may improve the diagnostic accuracy for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The aim of this study was to compare the performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold-in-Tube (QFT-GIT), with the tuberculin skin test (TST) (one and two step TST) in detection of LTBI in immuno...

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Main Authors: Hala A. Mohammad, Mona A. Esmail, Mohammad T. Abdelftah, Wael Soliman, Abdelfatah mohammad, Emad esmail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
Tuberculin skin test
QuantiFERON-TB Gold-in-Tube
Cancer patients
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S042276381520129X

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