Identification of False-Positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assays by Repeat Testing in HIV-Infected Patients at Low Risk for Tuberculosis | Zendy

James A. Gray | Zendy; Randall Reves | Zendy; Steven C. Johnson | Zendy; Robert Belknap | Zendy

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Identification of False-Positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assays by Repeat Testing in HIV-Infected Patients at Low Risk for Tuberculosis

Author(s) -

James A. Gray,

Randall Reves,

Steven C. Johnson,

Robert Belknap

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir792

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , quantiferon , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , latent tuberculosis , gold standard (test) , virology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , immunology , pathology

The QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QFT) is increasingly being used for latent tuberculosis screening in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States. This is a retrospective analysis of repeating positive QFT assays as a strategy to identify false-positive results in HIV-infected patients at low risk for tuberculosis.

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