The Significance of Sensitive Interferon Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients Receiving Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antagonist Therapy

OBJECTIVE: We compared two interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs), QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and T-SPOT.TB, for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in patients before and while receiving tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonist therapy. This study evaluated the significanc...

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Autores principales: Jung, Yu Jung, Woo, Hye In, Jeon, Kyeongman, Koh, Won-Jung, Jang, Dong Kyoung, Cha, Hoon Suk, Koh, Eun Mi, Lee, Nam Yong, Kang, Eun-Suk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141033

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141033

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