Evaluation of Standard E TB-Feron Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers
Oh Joo Kweon, Yong Kwan Lim, Hye Ryoun Kim, Tae‐Hyoung Kim, Mi‐Kyung Lee
Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2019-09
Abstract
The laboratory diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is mainly performed with interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs). We compared the performance of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based IGRA, the Standard E TB-Feron ELISA (TBF; SD Biosensor, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea), with that of a widely used assay, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QFT-GIT; Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), in a population of 425 health care workers (HCWs).
MeSH terms
- Latent tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Interferon gamma release assay
- Gold standard (test)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Interferon γ
- Tuberculosis diagnosis
- Immunology
- Interferon gamma
- Internal medicine
- Virology