TB Research

Poor performance of paired tests of latent tuberculosis in highly immune-compromised individuals exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: time for new diagnostic markers

Eather G, Wilson M, Goffinet C, Ryan E

ERJ open research · 2024-03

Abstract

Guideline-based recommendations for diagnosis of latent TB in highly immune suppressed populations are difficult to interpret and poorly characterised. More accurate biomarkers independent of T-cell functions are urgently required. https://bit.ly/41P8vTa.