Challenges with QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay for Large-Scale, Routine Screening of U.S. Healthcare Workers

Test Variability of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay in Clinical Practice

(2013) John Z. Metcalfe et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

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

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

Repeat IGRA Testing in Canadian Health Workers: Conversions or Unexplained Variability?

(2013) Alice Zwerling et al.   PLoS One

Screening for tuberculosis and the use of a borderline zone for the interpretation of the interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) in Portuguese healthcare workers

(2013) Albert Nienhaus et al.   Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Predictive Value of Recent QuantiFERON Conversion for Tuberculosis Disease in Adolescents

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

Challenges of Interferon-γ Release Assay Conversions in Serial Testing of Health-care Workers in a TB Control Program

(2012) Kimberlee S. Fong et al.   CHEST

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

Investigation of False-Positive Results Given by the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay

(2012) M. Slater et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Interferon-gamma release assays for the tuberculosis serial testing of health care workers: a systematic review

(2012) Felix C Ringshausen et al.   Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Serum PARC/CCL-18 Concentrations and Health Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2011) Don D. Sin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Within-Subject Variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Gamma Interferon Responses in German Health Care Workers

(2011) Felix C. Ringshausen et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Preanalytical Delay Reduces Sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay for Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

(2011) D. Doberne et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Interferon-gamma release assays for tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers: a systematic review

(2011) Alice Zwerling et al.   THORAX

Serial testing with the interferon-γ release assay in Portuguese healthcare workers

(2010) José Torres Costa et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Estimation of incidence of tuberculosis infection in health-care workers using repeated interferon-γ assays

(2009) T. YOSHIYAMA et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Predictive value for progression to tuberculosis by IGRA and TST in immigrant contacts

(2009) S. V. Kik et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

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