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- Title
Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test and tuberculin skin test for the identification of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in lupus patients.
- Authors
Yilmaz, N; Zehra Aydin, S; Inanc, N; Karakurt, S; Direskeneli, H; Yavuz, S
- Abstract
The tuberculin skin test (TST) has low sensitivity for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) is an IFN-gamma-release assay that measures the release of interferon-gamma after stimulation in vitro by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens using ELISA. The main advantage of this assay compared with TST is the lack of cross-reaction with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as well as most of non-tuberculous mycobacteria. The aim of our study is to compare QFT-G with TST for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
- Publication
Lupus, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 5, p491
- ISSN
1477-0962
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/0961203311430700