"Interferon-gamma Release Test in Peruvian Tuberculosis Patients."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, that was to have been held October 18-22, 1998, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Tuberculin skin testing has been used to detect infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis for over a century. Although refinements were made to the antigen used for testing 60 years ago, test administration remains difficult. We have evaluated a novel whole blood interferon-g (IFN-gamma) release assay (Quantiferon) in 126 individuals in Lima, Peru. Comparisons were made between 18 healthy and 108 individuals with symptomatic TB. Preliminary analysis showed that 13/18 (72%)...

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