Performance of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay in children receiving disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs

Francesca Gabriele,Maria Trachana,Maria Simitsopoulou,Polixeni Pratsidou-Gertsi,Elias Iosifidis,Zoi Dorothea Pana,Emmanuel Roilides

Performance of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay in children receiving disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs

2017

Francesca Gabriele
Maria Trachana
Maria Simitsopoulou
Polixeni Pratsidou-Gertsi
Elias Iosifidis
Zoi Dorothea Pana
Emmanuel Roilides

Background To evaluate the performance of the Quantiferon®-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-IT) interferon (IFN)-γ assay for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in children receiving anti-rheumatic treatment in a tertiary referral hospital of Northern Greece.

Keywords:

Tertiary referral hospital
Intensive care medicine
Latent tuberculosis
QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD
Immunology
Disease
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Tuberculin
Medicine
Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test
Necrosis
Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Gastroenterology

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