Open AccessDiagnostic utility of QuantiFERON-TB gold (QFT-G) in active pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
A. Anwar,
Hamdan Al-Jahdali,
Salim Baharoon,
Ali Yosra,
Hani Mohamed,
Abdullah Al-Harbi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.162231
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , quantiferon , indeterminate , gold standard (test) , pneumonia , pulmonary tuberculosis , disease , retrospective cohort study , tuberculosis diagnosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , surgery , latent tuberculosis , pathology , mathematics , pure mathematics
The utility of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G) test in the diagnosis of tuberculosis disease has been validated in high and low tuberculosis-prevalent (TB) countries.