Niaz Banaei (previously Banaiee)
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Sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube for diagnosis of recent versus remote M. tuberculosis infection.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012; (3): 257-9
The sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube was measured in 104 subjects with recent (≤2 years) and remote Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using tuberculin skin test conversion as the reference standard. The sensitivity was not significantly different between the 2 groups (33% versus 20%, P = 0.3). This finding suggests interferon-γ release assays may not be more sensitive for diagnosis of recent than remote infection. Longitudinal studies are needed to validate this finding.
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