Comparison of Two Tuberculosis Infection Tests in a South American Tertiary Hospital: STANDARD F TB-Feron FIA vs. QIAreach^TM QuantiFERON-TB.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most prevalent respiratory diseases in the world. In 2020 there were at least 9.9 million new infections, with 1.5 million deaths. Approximately 10% of people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop the disease during the first 2 to 5 years after infection. In South America, the diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infections (LTBI) continues to be performed through the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST).

Objective

The objective of our study was to compare the sensitivity of a new immunofluorescence IGRA test against a widely available IGRA kit on the market.

Material and method

Close contact with infectious TB patients, HIV patients, or immunocompromised for another cause were recruited. Two interferon-gamma re

SUBMITTER: Saint-Pierre G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10046924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature