Within-subject interlaboratory variability of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube tests.

Within-subject interlaboratory variability of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube tests.

BACKGROUND: The QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) is a viable alternative to the tuberculin skin test (TST) for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. However, within-subject variability may limit test utility. To assess variability, we compared results from the same subjects when...

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Main Authors: William C Whitworth, Lanette R Hamilton, Donald J Goodwin, Carlos Barrera, Kevin B West, Laura Racster, Laura J Daniels, Stella O Chuke, Brandon H Campbell, Jamaria Bohanon, Atheer T Jaffar, Wanzer Drane, David Maserang, Gerald H Mazurek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3435391?pdf=render

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