- ►annals.org [PDF] M Pai, A Zwerling, D Menzies - Annals of internal medicine, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Interferon- –release assays (IGRAs) are alternatives to the
tuberculin skin test (TST). A recent meta-analysis showed that IGRAs have high
specificity, even among populations that have received bacille Calmette– ... Cited by 117 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] D Menzies, M Pai, G Comstock - Annals of internal medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Until recently, the tuberculin skin test was the only test for
detecting latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, but 2 ex vivo interferon- release
assays (IGRAs) are now commercially licensed. ... Purpose: To estimate ... Cited by 298 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
R Diel, R Loddenkemper, K Meywald-Walter, … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2008 - Am Thoracic Soc Measurements and Main Results: For the TST, 40.4% (243/601) of contacts were
positive at a 5-mm cutoff, whereas only 66 (11%) were QFT positive. QFT
positivity, but not TST, was associated with exposure time (P < 0.0001). ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] DPS Dosanjh, TSC Hinks, JA Innes, JJ Deeks, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The role of new T-cell–based blood tests for tuber- culosis in the
diagnosis of active tuberculosis is unclear. ... Objective: To compare the
performance of 2 interferon- assays and tuberculin skin testing in adults ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
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Background: Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assay is an increasingly ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►oxfordimmunotec.com [PDF] G Ferrara, M Losi, R D'Amico, P Roversi, R … - The Lancet, 2006 - Elsevier Overall agreement with the skin test was similar (T-SPOT.TB κ=0·508,
QuantiFERON-TB Gold κ=0·460), but fewer BCG-vaccinated individuals were
identified as positive by the two blood assays than by the tuberculin skin ... Cited by 265 - Related articles - All 16 versions
- ►nih.gov J Dominguez, J Ruiz-Manzano, M De Souza- … - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol 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 ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►atsjournals.org L Richeldi - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2006 - Am Thoracic Soc Targeted testing and treatment of individuals with latent tuberculosis infection
at increased risk of progression to active disease is a key element of
tuberculosis control. This strategy is limited by the poor specificity of ... Cited by 173 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
M Pai, K Dheda, J Cunningham, F Scano, R O … - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2007 - Elsevier For nearly a century, the tuberculin skin test was the only tool available for
the detection of latent tuberculosis infection. A recent breakthrough has been
the development of T-cell-based interferon-γ release assays. Current ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - All 15 versions
