Tuberculosis tests like sputum, blood and CBNAAT help in early detection. Here's a simple guide to TB symptoms, diagnosis and ...

In low tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries, tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) is recommended for immunocompromised individuals with a positive immunodiagnostic test. This study aimed to assess the ...

Background The efffectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) contact screening programmes using interferon γ release assays remains uncertain as prospective contact TB risk is not well characterised. Objectives ...

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is a new version of the interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) to replace the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT). However, data on the use of QFT-Plus for LTBI ...

Background: Latent tuberculosis testing prior to immunosuppression is recommended by national and international guidelines. However, no structured process currently exists for testing adult patients ...

Objective To determine the cost-effectiveness of the QuantiFERON (QFT) test versus the tuberculin skin test (TST) in diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in immunocompetent children under ...

The patent, among several owned by QIAGEN that protect the QuantiFERON technology, encompasses significant innovations in the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, which is employed worldwide for tuberculosis ...

We read with interest the report by Ponce de Leon et al ,1 where the authors argued that tuberculin skin testing (TST) may not be an optimal test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection ...

Figure 1 Quantitative responses of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in relation to acid-fast bacilli smear and culture results compared with the responses of ...

Global approvals and support QuantiFERON TB testing has been the subject of over 1,500 independent publications, making it the most widely studied TB blood test available.