Is the sensitivity of the QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube test lower than that of T-SPOT.TB in patients with miliary tuberculosis?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Comment

Sun In Hong et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 1;59(1):142.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu248. Epub 2014 Apr 11.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Reply to Hong et al.
Kim CH, Lee J. Kim CH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 1;59(1):142-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu249. Epub 2014 Apr 11. Clin Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24729495 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Diagnostic performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay and factors associated with nonpositive results in patients with miliary tuberculosis.
Kim CH, Lim JK, Yoo SS, Lee SY, Cha SI, Park JY, Lee J. Kim CH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;58(7):986-9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu045. Epub 2014 Jan 22. Clin Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24457341

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