Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients to Predict Active Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Studies.
Dafna YahavMelissa Randy GitmanIli MargalitTomer AvniMariska M G LeeflangShahid HusainPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
We found both TST and IGRA had a low PPV and high NPV for the development of active TB posttransplant. Further studies are needed to better understand how to prevent active TB in the SOT population.