作者: E. De Keyser , F. De Keyser , F. De Baets
DOI: 10.1179/2295333714Y.0000000043
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摘要: AbstractObjective:Accurate detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is becoming increasingly important due to the increasing use immunosuppressive medications and human immunodeficiency epidemic, which have increased risk for reactivation active (TB) infection. LTBI detected by tuberculin skin test (TST) interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs). The latter include T-SPOT®.TB (Oxford Immunotec) QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT; Cellestis). We examined value TST versus IGRAs in diagnosis TB meta-analysis based on data derived from a systematic literature review.Methods:PubMed was searched articles English published between January 2010 July 2012 IGRA were performed simultaneously individuals with without A random effect model determine pooled sensitivity specificity values TST, T-SPOT.TB, QFT-GIT. Owing absence gold stand...