Role of QuantiFERON-TB Gold, Interferon Gamma Inducible Protein-10 and Tuberculin Skin Test in Active Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer; Balambal Raman; Aleyamma Thomas; Venkatesan Perumal; Alamelu Raja

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009051

Role of QuantiFERON-TB Gold, Interferon Gamma Inducible Protein-10 and Tuberculin Skin Test in Active Tuberculosis Diagnosis

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0009051 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. e9051 ◽

Cited By ~ 64

Author(s):

Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer ◽

Balambal Raman ◽

Aleyamma Thomas ◽

Venkatesan Perumal ◽

Alamelu Raja

Keyword(s):

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Active Tuberculosis ◽

Tuberculosis Diagnosis ◽

Inducible Protein

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Interferon-gamma release assays do not identify more children with active tuberculosis than the tuberculin skin test.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1163308.625010 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Alexander Moeller ◽

Pavel Basek

Keyword(s):

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Active Tuberculosis ◽

Interferon Gamma Release Assays

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Comparison of interferon gamma–inducible protein-10 and interferon gamma–based QuantiFERON TB Gold assays with tuberculin skin test in HIV-infected subjects

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease ◽

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.07.012 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

pp. 236-243 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer ◽

Rajasekaran Sikhamani ◽

Alamelu Raja

Keyword(s):

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Inducible Protein

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Comparing interferon-gamma release assays with tuberculin skin test for identifying latent tuberculosis infection that progresses to active tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1186/s12879-017-2301-4 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Peter Auguste ◽

Alexander Tsertsvadze ◽

Joshua Pink ◽

Rachel Court ◽

Noel McCarthy ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Latent Tuberculosis Infection ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Latent Tuberculosis ◽

Active Tuberculosis ◽

Tuberculosis Infection ◽

Interferon Gamma Release Assays

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S31 Prognostic value of interferon gamma release assays and tuberculin skin test in predicting the development of active tuberculosis: the uk predict tb cohort study

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210983.37 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

I Abubakar ◽

F Drobniewski ◽

J Southern ◽

AJ Sitch ◽

C Jackson ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Active Tuberculosis ◽

Interferon Gamma Release Assays ◽

The Uk

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Comparison of T-cell interferon gamma release assays with the tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-seropositive individuals from a country of high tuberculosis prevalence. An interim analysis

Pneumologie ◽

10.1055/s-2008-1074372 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 62 (S 2) ◽

Author(s):

L Leopold ◽

H Mayanja Kizza ◽

J Baseke ◽

C Hirsch ◽

D Goletti ◽

...

Keyword(s):

T Cell ◽

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Interim Analysis ◽

Latent Tuberculosis Infection ◽

Latent Tuberculosis ◽

Interferon Gamma Release Assays ◽

Hiv Seropositive ◽

Tuberculosis Prevalence

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The Role of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test as Diagnostic Tests for Intraocular Tuberculosis in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Patients in South Africa

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation ◽

10.1080/09273948.2017.1327078 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 853-858 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Derrick P. Smit ◽

Tonya M. Esterhuizen ◽

David Meyer

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Diagnostic Tests ◽

Hiv Positive ◽

Intraocular Tuberculosis ◽

Hiv Negative

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FRI0648 Concordance between the tuberculin skin test and interferon gamma release assay for diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis

10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.5712 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

I Aktas ◽

F Unlu Ozkan ◽

T Nazligul ◽

H Kuzu Okur

Keyword(s):

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Inflammatory Arthritis ◽

Latent Tuberculosis Infection ◽

Latent Tuberculosis ◽

Tuberculosis Infection ◽

Interferon Gamma Release Assay ◽

Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis ◽

Release Assay

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What Can the NHANES Data Tell Us about the Tuberculin Skin Test and the Risk for Active Tuberculosis?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ◽

10.1164/ajrccm.178.8.884 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 178 (8) ◽

pp. 884-884

Author(s):

Thomas R. Navin ◽

Jeanne M. Courval ◽

José E. Becerra ◽

Diane E. Bennett ◽

Kenneth G. Castro

Keyword(s):

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Active Tuberculosis

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Is the Whole-Blood Gamma Interferon Assay Better than the Tuberculin Skin Test in Predicting Active Tuberculosis?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ◽

10.1164/ajrccm.178.2.210 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 178 (2) ◽

pp. 210-211 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chi Chiu Leung ◽

Kwok Chiu Chang ◽

Chi Hung Chau

Keyword(s):

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Whole Blood ◽

Gamma Interferon ◽

Active Tuberculosis ◽

Better Than

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Tuberculin skin test versus interferon-gamma release assay in refugee children: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ◽

10.1111/jpc.13865 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 54 (8) ◽

pp. 834-839 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Chris Elliot ◽

Ben Marais ◽

Phoebe Williams ◽

Paul Joshua ◽

Sherri Towle ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Tuberculin Skin Test ◽

Skin Test ◽

Interferon Gamma ◽

Retrospective Cohort Study ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Refugee Children ◽

Interferon Gamma Release Assay ◽

Release Assay

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