Enhancement of diagnostic efficiency by a gamma interferon release assay for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Categoría Estudio primario
RevistaClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI
Año 2008
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This study was designed to examine the use of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay as an aid in the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Brazilian patients. Using the receiver operating characteristic curve, the cutoff was adjusted to >or=0.20 IU/ml. The sensitivity increased to 86%, with 100% specificity. All TB patients with negative sputum smear microscopy and negative culture results were positive using this test.
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