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Comparison of two commercial interferon-γ assays for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
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The clinical usefulness of ex vivo interferon-γ assays may largely depend on the assay format and epidemiological status of tuberculosis (TB) in the region studied. From July 2004 to June 2005 a prospective comparison study was undertaken at a tertiary referral hospital in South Korea. The results of tuberculin skin tests (TST) and the commercially available QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) and T SPOT-TB (SPOT) assays were compared in an intermediate TB-burden country. Of the 224 participants studied, results from all three tests (TST, QFT-G, and SPOT) were available in 218; 87 with active TB and 131 at a low risk for TB. Using 10 mm as a cut-off for TST, SPOT sensitivity (96.6%) was significantly higher than that seen for TST (66.7%) and QFT-G (70.1%). QFT-G showed superior specificity over TST (91.6 versus 78.6%). Although the specificity of QFT-G was higher than that of SPOT (91.6 versus 84.7%), the difference was not statistically significant. Whilst some differences were found in the performance of the two commercialised interferon-γ assays, they seemed to be superior in their detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection compared with tuberculin skin tests. The most appropriate choice of interferon-γ assay to use may depend on the clinical setting.
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- Lee, J. Y., Choi, H. J., Park, I.-N., Hong, S.-B., Oh, Y.-M., Lim, C.-M., Lee, S. D., Koh, Y., Kim, W. S., Kim, D. S., Kim, W. D., & Shim, T. S.
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- European Respiratory Journal
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- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- Published
- 2006-04-12
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 24-30
- ISSN
- 0903-1936 (ISSN-L)
- 1399-3003
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- W2134823509
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- 257
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 23.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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