Comparative study between using QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test in diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Comparative study between using QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test in diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Aim: Study degree of sensitivity and specificity of IFN-γ as QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay in diagnosis of tuberculosis instead of tuberculin test. Subjects and methods: Forty patients were included in this study subdivided into two groups. First included 20 patients with sputum positive for tub...

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Main Authors: Sohair A. Abdel-Samea, Yasser Mahmoud Ismail, Sahar Mohamed A. Fayed, Ahmad Abdelsadek Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Gamma interferon
QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-Gold IT)
BCG vaccination
Tuberculin skin test
Ziehl–Neelsen stain
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813000162

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