QuantiFERON-TB Gold in the identification of latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study.

Ora Shovman, Marina Anouk, N Vinnitsky, Uri Arad, Daphna Paran, Irena Litinsky, Dan Caspi, Ori Elkayam

PubMed · 2009 · 27 citations · 0 references

Abstract

The clinical significance of negative QFT-G in TST-positive patients with low TB risk remains to be assessed. The high rate of indeterminate results questions the clinical utility of QFT-G in the diagnosis of LTBI in RA patients.