Clinical evaluation of QuantiFERON TB-2G test in patients with healed pulmonary tuberculosis

Y Kobashi, H Shimizu, K Mouri, Y Obase… - Journal of infection and …, 2009 - Springer
We evaluated the response to the QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G) test in patients with
healed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) compared to the response in those with active …

QuantiFERON TB-2G test for patients with active tuberculosis stratified by age groups

Y Kobashi, K Mouri, N Miyashita… - … journal of infectious …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
We evaluated the usefulness of the QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G) test and the tuberculin
skin test (TST) in patients with active tuberculosis (TB) disease stratified by age in 10-year …

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 …

Long-term follow-up of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for active tuberculosis disease

Y Kobashi, T Sugiu, Y Ohue, K Mouri, Y Obase… - Internal …, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective To evaluate transitional changes in QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G) test results in
the serial testing on the same patients and to reevaluate the optimal threshold of positive …

Clinical utility of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for elderly patients with active tuberculosis

Y Kobashi, K Mouri, S Yagi, Y Obase, N Miyashita… - Chest, 2008 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the response to the QuantiFERON-TB-2 Gold (QFT-2G) test (Cellestis
Ltd; Carnegie, VIC, Australia) in elderly patients with active tuberculosis (TB) to determine …

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 …

Clinical reevaluation of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test as a diagnostic method for differentiating active tuberculosis from nontuberculous mycobacteriosis

Y Kobashi, Y Obase, M Fukuda… - Clinical infectious …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Introduction. We reevaluated the usefulness of a whole-blood interferon-γ enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (QuantiFERON TB-2G [QFT-TB]; Cellestis) in obtaining a differential …

Clinical evaluation of QuantiFERON TB-2G test for immunocompromised patients

Y Kobashi, K Mouri, Y Obase, M Fukuda… - European …, 2007 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The usefulness of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-TB) test
were compared in immunocompromised patients. The subjects consisted of 252 …

Indeterminate results of QuantiFERON TB-2G test performed in routine clinical practice

Y Kobashi, T Sugiu, K Mouri, Y Obase… - European …, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The present authors assessed risk factors that can promote indeterminate results of
QuantiFERON TB-2G (QFT-2G; Cellestis Ltd, Carnegie, Australia) tests. The subjects were …