Added value of QuantiFERON TB-gold in-tube for detecting latent tuberculosis infection among persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Josiane Maria Oliveira SouzaMaria do Socorro Nantua Evangelista Anete Trajman

Published in: BioMed research international (2014)

The QFT-GIT alone was more effective to detect LTBI than TST alone and had an 81% added value as an add-on sequential test in this population with mild immunosuppression. The cost-effectiveness of these strategies remains to be evaluated.

Keyphrases

hiv aids
antiretroviral therapy
mycobacterium tuberculosis
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
emergency department
hepatitis c virus
pulmonary tuberculosis
electronic health record