Clinical evaluation for diagnosing active TB disease and transitional change of two commercial blood tests

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 629-634

  Kobashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Mouri, Keiji ^a   Yagi, Shinichi ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Okimoto, Niro ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^b   Kageoka, Takeshi ^c   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BCG VACCINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 48249104716     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540801932454     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Barnes, PF. (2001) Diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection: The 100-y upgrade. 163, pp. 807-808.
2. Barnes, PF. (2001) Diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection: Turning glitter to gold. 170, pp. 5-6.
3. Mazurek, GH, Jereb, J., Lobue, P., Iademarco, MF Metchock, B. et al. (2005) Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, United States. 54, pp. 49-55.
4. National Collaborating Center for Chronic Conditions (2006) Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
5. Ferrara, G., Losi, M., D'Amico, R., Roversi, P., Piro, K. Meacci, M. et al. (2006) Use in routine clinical practice of 2 commercial blood tests for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A prospective study. 367, pp. 1328-1334.
6. Lee, JY, Choi, HJ, Park, IN, Hong, SB, Oh, YM Lim, CM et al. (2006) Comparison of 2 commercial interferon-γ assays for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. 28, pp. 24-30.
7. Arend, SM, Thijsen, SF, Leyten, EM, Bouwman, JJ, Franken, WP Koster, BF et al. (2007) Comparison of 2 interferon-gamma assays and tuberculin skin test for tracing TB contacts. 175, pp. 618-627.
8. American Thoracic Society (2000) Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. 161, pp. 21-247.
9. Richeldi, L. (2006) An update on the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. 174, pp. 736-742.
10. Ferrara, G., losi, M., Meacci, M., Meccugui, B., Piro, R. Roversi, P. et al. (2005) Routine hospital use of a new commercial whole blood interferon-gamma assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. 172, pp. 631-635.
11. Mazurek, GH, Lobue, PA, Daley, CL, Bemardo, J., Lardizabal, AA Bishari, WR et al. (2001) Comparison of a whole-blood interferon gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing for detecting latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. 286, pp. 1740-1747.
12. Kobashi, Y., Obase, Y., Fukuda, M., Yoshida, K., Miyashita, N. and Oka, M. (2006) Clinical reevaluation of the Quanti-FERON TB-2G test as a diagnostic method for differentiating active tuberculosis from non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis. 43, pp. 1540-1546.
13. Nicol, MP, Pienaar, D., Wood, K., Eley, B., Wilkinson, RJ Henderson, H. et al. (2005) Enzyme-linked immunospot assay responses to early secretory antigenic target 6, culture filtrate 10, and purified protein derivative among children with tuberculosis: Implications for diagnosis and monitoring of therapy. 40, pp. 1301-1308.
14. Chee, CBE, KhinMar, KW, Gan, SH, Barkham, TM, Pushparani, M. and Wang, YT. (2007) Latent tuberculosis infection treatment and T-cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens. 175, pp. 282-287.
15. Franken, WP, Koster, BF, Bossink, AW, Thijsen, SF, Bouwman, JJ Van Dissel, JT et al. (2007) Follow-up study of tuberculosis-exposed supermarket customers with negative tuberculin skin test results in association with positive gamma interferon release assay results. 14, pp. 1239-1241.