IFN-γ Release Assays in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Immunocompromised Adults

Systematic Review: T-Cell–based Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Update

(2013) Madhukar Pai et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Tests for Latent Tuberculosis in People With ESRD: A Systematic Review

(2012) Thomas E. Rogerson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Predictive Value of Recent QuantiFERON Conversion for Tuberculosis Disease in Adolescents

(2012) Shingai Machingaidze et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Screening for latent tuberculosis infection: performance of tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ release assays under real-life conditions

(2012) S Kleinert et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Cancer statistics, 2012

(2012) Rebecca Siegel et al.   CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS

Predictive Value of Interferon-γ Release Assays and Tuberculin Skin Testing for Progression From Latent TB Infection to Disease State

(2012) Roland Diel et al.   CHEST

Negative effect of immunosuppressive therapy in the performance of the QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube test in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

(2012) José M. Ramos et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Interferon-gamma release assays in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with inflammatory arthritis scheduled for anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment

(2012) Sonia Mínguez et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Recent Trends in the Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a Commercially Insured US Population

(2012) Michael D. Kappelman et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ release assay for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection before kidney transplantation

(2012) S. Y. Kim et al.   INFECTION

Prognostic Value of Indeterminate IFN-  Release Assay Results in HIV-1 Infection

(2012) M. C. Aichelburg et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Yield and cost effectiveness of mycobacterial infection detection using a simple IGRA-based protocol in UK subjects with inflammatory bowel disease suitable for anti-TNFα therapy

(2012) Kay Greveson et al.   Journal of Crohns & Colitis

Interferon-γ Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in HIV-Infected Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2012) Miguel Santin et al.   PLoS One

Predictors and Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients Receiving Long-Term Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis

(2012) Chin-Chung Shu et al.   PLoS One

Factors Influencing Discrepancies Between the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube Test and the Tuberculin Skin Test in Korean Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

(2012) Jae-Hoon Kim et al.   SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test with the tuberculin skin test for detecting latent tuberculosis infection prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2012) S.M. Moon et al.   Transplant Infectious Disease

A Prospective Longitudinal Study Evaluating the Usefulness of a T-Cell-Based Assay for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients

(2011) S.-H. Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Biphasic emergence of active tuberculosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving TNFα inhibitors: the utility of IFNγ assay

(2011) Der-Yuan Chen et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among HIV discordant partners using interferon gamma release assays

(2011) Naasha J Talati et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Improved sensitivity of an interferon-gamma release assay (T-SPOT.TB™) in combination with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in the presence of HIV co-Infection

(2011) Luigia Elzi et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of Two Gamma Interferon Release Assays and Tuberculin Skin Testing for Tuberculosis Screening in a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Starting Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy

(2011) Dimitrios Vassilopoulos et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Guidelines on interferon-γ release assays for tuberculosis infection: concordance, discordance or confusion?

(2011) C.M. Denkinger et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test and a whole-blood interferon-γ release assay in patients considered for anti–tumor necrosis factor-α therapy

(2011) Susana Casas et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in HIV-Infected Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2011) Adithya Cattamanchi et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Incidence of tuberculosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A systematic literature review

(2011) Laurence Baronnet et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

Serial Interferon-gamma Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients Treated with Immunosuppressive Agents

(2011) Kyeong-Hee Kim et al.   Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) Molebogeng X Rangaka et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of the 2-step tuberculin skin test and the quantiFERON-TB gold in-tube test for the screening of tuberculosis infection before liver transplantation

(2011) Susana Casas et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in haemodialysis patients: T-cell based assay (T-SPOT.TB) or tuberculin skin test?

(2011) A. Soysal et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Risk of Tuberculosis in Dialysis Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study

(2011) Claudia C. Dobler et al.   PLoS One

Use of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold interferon-gamma release assay for screening transplant candidates: a single-center retrospective study

(2011) N. Theodoropoulos et al.   Transplant Infectious Disease

T-SPOT.TB in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis Among HIV-Infected Patients with Advanced Immunodeficiency

(2010) Jun Chen et al.   AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES

Negative and Positive Predictive Value of a Whole-Blood Interferon-γ Release Assay for Developing Active Tuberculosis

(2010) Roland Diel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Comparison of two interferon-  release assays and tuberculin skin test for detecting latent tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

(2010) S. Kleinert et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Is the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis rising?: Results from Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1955-2007

(2010) Elena Myasoedova et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

High Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Dialysis Patients Using the Interferon-  Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test

(2010) S. S.-J. Lee et al.   Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Detection of latent tuberculosis by the tuberculin skin test and a whole-blood interferon-γ release assay, and the development of active tuberculosis in HIV-seropositive persons

(2010) Miguel Santin et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Serial testing of interferon-γ-release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in hemodialysis patients

(2010) Woo Kyung Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Comparison of interferon   release assays and conventional screening tests before tumour necrosis factor   blockade in patients with inflammatory arthritis

(2009) J Martin et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Cost-effectiveness of Interferon Gamma Release Assays vs Tuberculin Skin Tests in Health Care Workers

(2009) Marie A. de Perio et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Risk of tuberculosis is higher with anti-tumor necrosis factor monoclonal antibody therapy than with soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor therapy: The three-year prospective french research axed on tolerance of biotherapies registry

(2009) F. Tubach et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Tuberculosis screening in patients with psoriasis before antitumour necrosis factor therapy: comparison of an interferon-γ release assay vs. tuberculin skin test

(2009) E. Laffitte et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Performance of Tests for Latent Tuberculosis in Different Groups of Immunocompromised Patients

(2009) Luca Richeldi et al.   CHEST

Comparison of tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube test in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases living in a tuberculosis endemic population

(2009) Feride Gogus et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Detection and Prediction of Active Tuberculosis Disease by a Whole‐Blood Interferon‐γ Release Assay in HIV‐1–Infected Individuals

(2009) Maximilian C. Aichelburg et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Validity of interferon-γ-release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in haemodialysis patients

(2009) W.K. Chung et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Interferon-gamma release assays versus tuberculin skin testing for detection of latent tuberculosis in chronic haemodialysis patients

(2009) P.-A. Triverio et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Within-Subject Variability of Interferon-g Assay Results for Tuberculosis and Boosting Effect of Tuberculin Skin Testing: A Systematic Review

(2009) Richard N. van Zyl-Smit et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test with the tuberculin skin test for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in hemodialysis patients

(2009) E.C. Seyhan et al.   Transplant Infectious Disease

Comparing QuantiFERON-tuberculosis gold, T-SPOT tuberculosis and tuberculin skin test in HIV-infected individuals from a low prevalence tuberculosis country

(2008) Christoph Stephan et al.   AIDS

Performance of two commercial blood IFN-γ release assays for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in patient candidates for anti-TNF-α treatment

(2008) M. Bocchino et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the TST are both useful for latent tuberculosis infection screening in autoimmune diseases

(2008) F. Bartalesi et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

A comparative study of two different methods for the detection of latent tuberculosis in HIV-positive individuals in Chile

(2008) María Elvira Balcells et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Detection of latent tuberculosis in immunosuppressed patients with autoimmune diseases: performance of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-specific interferon   assay

(2007) G Matulis et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES