Comparison of Mantoux and QuantiFERON TB Gold Tests for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Army Personnel | Zendy

Willeke P. J. Franken | Zendy; Joost F. Timmermans | Zendy; Corine Prins | Zendy; Evert-Jan H. J. Slootman | Zendy; Johan Dreverman | Zendy; Hans Bruins | Zendy; Jaap T. van Dissel | Zendy; Sandra M. Arend | Zendy

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Comparison of Mantoux and QuantiFERON TB Gold Tests for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Army Personnel

Author(s) -

Willeke P. J. Franken,

Joost F. Timmermans,

Corine Prins,

Evert-Jan H. J. Slootman,

Johan Dreverman,

Hans Bruins,

Jaap T. van Dissel,

Sandra M. Arend

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical and vaccine immunology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.649

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1556-6811

pISSN - 1556-679X

DOI - 10.1128/cvi.00463-06

Subject(s) - tuberculin , medicine , latent tuberculosis , tuberculosis , quantiferon , mycobacterium tuberculosis , mantoux test , nontuberculous mycobacteria , mycobacterium bovis , gold standard (test) , immunology , skin test , tuberculin test , mycobacterium , pathology

The tuberculin skin test (TST) was compared with QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in non-Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated military personnel. Among subjects positive by TST, 44.4% of recruits were positive by QFT-GIT compared with 11.5% subjects tested after missions abroad, suggesting that most TST conversions in the latter group were caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.

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