Clinical evaluation of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease. - Concepedia

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Clinical evaluation of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease.

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2009

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Yoshihiro Kobashi, K. Mouri, Shinichi Yagi, Yasushi Obase, Naoyuki Miyashita, Niro Okimoto, Tomohiro Matsushima, Takeshi Kageoka, M. Oka

Abstract

Although QFT-2G may be a useful diagnostic method to differentiate TB from MAIC disease, there are several problems to be resolved before it can be used as a diagnostic method for NTM disease (M. kansasii disease), including the determination of the positive cut-off level for QFT-2G test.