… is on the evaluation of diagnostic performance of tests for TB infection. Additionally, we … that
should be considered when evaluating new tests for TB infection, evaluation of safety for skin …

… tuberculosis infection in persons with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection
… tuberculosis-burden country. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2016;49:729-36 (PMID: 25442858). …

… recommended diagnostic tools for tuberculosis infection (TBI) have … performance and
accuracy of the novel QIAreach QuantiFERON-TB assay (QIAreach; index) to the QuantiFERON-TB …

… Partly as a result of this inaccessibility of tests and limitations in the accuracy and predictive
performance for subsequent TB, tests for TB infection are currently not required before …

… one-third of world population is latently infected with Mtb [2]. Although the … infection of TB
[3], those with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are potentially reservoirs for future infection …

… an early phase of primary infection by Mtb and another with a longer time of exposure
showing latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) secondary to primary infection. This may explain the …

… We evaluated the diagnostic performance of these three commercial molecular assays for
the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from clinical specimens in a high TB-HIV-…

… introduces the TB-PBPR tool as a novel method to review and evaluate clinical performance
in TB … of settings, is educational and enables detailed feedback within a TB programme. The …

… For LTBI, research needs to address different epidemiological and clinical settings, to
evaluate the performance of the main existing commercial assays in head-to-head comparison in …

… Tuberculosis elimination requires an effective strategy to diagnose and treat people infected
with Mycobacterium tuberculosis … The diagnostic tools for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) …