Predictive Value of a Whole Blood IFN-γ Assay for the Development of Active Tuberculosis Disease after Recent Infection with <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

Diel, Roland; Loddenkemper, R.; Meywald-Walter, Karen; Niemann, Stefan; Nienhaus, Albert

doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1613oc

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Predictive Value of a Whole Blood IFN-γ Assay for the Development of Active Tuberculosis Disease after Recent Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Feb 14, 2008

Authors:

Roland Diel

R. Loddenkemper

Karen Meywald-Walter

Abstract

RATIONALE: Numerous studies have been published on the new Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific IFN-gamma release assays. However, their prognostic value for progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active TB has yet to be established. OBJECTIVES: To compare the QuantiFERON-TB G...

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Medicine

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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