Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus on LIAISON® XL and T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a low tuberculosis incidence population
Heireman L, Bruynseels P, Camps K, Geysels D, Huyghe E, André E, Van Gasse N
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease · 2021-11
Abstract
The current study compared the QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus on LIAISON® XL to the T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on 125 patient samples. A high agreement of qualitative results (90%) was observed between both methods with 3% major discrepancies, half of which were false negative results with the T-SPOT.TB.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Gold
- Tuberculin Test
- Incidence
- Latent Tuberculosis
- Interferon-gamma Release Tests