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.
Derrick P SmitTonya Marianne EsterhuizenDavid MeyerPublished in: Ocular immunology and inflammation (2017)
In South Africa, with its high HIV burden and limited public health resources, Quantiferon testing should not replace tuberculin skin testing as it provides little additional diagnostic information.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- south africa
- antiretroviral therapy
- men who have sex with men
- public health
- hiv testing
- end stage renal disease
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- hiv aids
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- soft tissue
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- hepatitis c virus
- emergency department
- healthcare
- wound healing