[PDF][PDF] A case of pulmonary tuberculosis with false negative QuantiFERON TB-2G test

E Nakasone, N Mato, M Nakayama, M Bando… - Kekkaku, 2012 - kekkaku.gr.jp
A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a high fever and productive cough. He
had a previous history of total gastrectomy and splenectomy at the age of 45 years due to …

False Negative Results of QuantiFERON TB-2G Test in Patients with Active Tuberculosis

K Yoshihiro, S Hiroki, O Yoshihiro, O Yasushi… - Japanese Journal of …, 2009 - cir.nii.ac.jp
抄録< p> Ten of 140 patients (7.1%) showed negative results on a QFT-2G test. The 10
patients consisted of seven males and three females (mean age: 66.0 years old). Three of …

False negative results of QuantiFERON TB-2G test in patients with active tuberculosis

Y Kobashi, H Shimizu, Y Ohue, K Mouri… - Japanese journal of …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Ten of 140 patients (7.1%) showed negative results on a QFT-2G test. The 10 patients
consisted of seven males and three females (mean age, 66.0 years old). Three of the 10 …

The evaluation of the Quantiferon-TB Gold test in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis

O Ak, G Dabak, S Özer, A Saygı… - Japanese journal of …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In our study we evaluated the Quantiferon-TB Gold (QFT-G) test and compared it with
tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity in 44 pulmonary and 21 extrapulmonary tuberculosis …

Analysis of usefulness of a whole blood interferon gamma assay (QuantiFERON TB-2G) for diagnosing active tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients

I Ito, K Tada, H Ootera, T Sakurai… - Kekkaku:[Tuberculosis …, 2011 - europepmc.org
Purpose Recently, there have been many reports that QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G) is
useful for diagnosing active tuberculosis. However, it remains controversial whether QFT-2G …

Usefulness of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Y Kobashi, K Mouri, S Yagi, Y Obase, M Fukuda… - Internal …, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective We prospectively evaluated the usefulness of the QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G)
compared to that of tuberculin skin test (TST) as a supportive method of diagnosing …

OUTBREAK OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN WHICH TUBERCULOSIS DEVELOPED FROM QuantiFERON®-TB SECOND GENERATION (QFT-2G) TEST …

J Yamaguchi, Y Ooba, M Kaneda, K Uchida… - Kekkaku …, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
[目的] 定期外健康診断にクォンティフェロン® TB-2G 検査 (以下 QFT 検査) を応用する際の留意点
を明らかにすることを目的とする.[対象と方法] 30 代男性の肺結核患者 (bII2, ガフキー 9 号, 咳症状 …

QFT test and TST test in diagnosis of TB infection

K Higuchi - Nihon rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2011 - europepmc.org
At present, there are only two methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection in the world,
tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs). Since TST could …

An indeterminate QuantiFERON TB-2G response for miliary tuberculosis, due to severe pancytopenia

Y Kobashi, M Fukuda, K Yoshida, M Oka - Journal of Infection and …, 2007 - Elsevier
We report the case of a 56-year-old man with miliary tuberculosis whose response to the
QuantiFERON (QFT) TB-2G (Cellestis; South Melbourne, Australia) test was indeterminate …

Characteristics of a diagnostic method for tuberculosis infection based on whole blood interferon-gamma assay

N Harada - Kekkaku:[Tuberculosis], 2006 - europepmc.org
It is assumed that about 10% of individuals infected with M. tuberculosis (Mtb) develop
tuberculosis (Tb), and the remaining 90% suppress contain Mtb through their immune …