Tuberculosis
Findings from B. Soborg and co-authors provide new insights into tuberculosis
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 20th, 2009
In this recently published article, scientists in Copenhagen, Denmark conducted a study "To test if Mycobacterium tuberculosis screening results differ among patients with inflammatory disease depending on whether the QuantiFeron TB-Gold test (QFT) or tuberculin skin test (TST) is used; and to evaluate if a possible difference is influenced by the presence of risk factors or immunosuppression. The interferon-gamma response to in vitro stimulation of M. tuberculosis-specific antigens was measured with QFT and results were compared with TST."
"Associations to bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination, risk factors, and immunosuppression were analyzed for both tests. QFT...
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