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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis study findings reported from N. Harada and co-authors
August 26th, 2008
In this recently published article, scientists in Kiyose, Japan conducted a study "To compare the sensitivity and the specificity of the QuantiFERON (R)-TB Gold (QFT-G) and QuantiFERON (R)-TB Gold In Tube (QFT-GIT) diagnostic tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. One-hundred patients with culture and/or PCR confirmed M. tuberculosis infection and 168 volunteers with no risk factors for M. tuberculosis infection were tested to estimate sensitivity and specificity, respectively." "Analysis of data from the tuberculosis (TB) patients with valid results found the sensitivity of QFT-GIT (92.6%, 87/94) to be significantly higher than that for the QFT-G test...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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