Tuberculin skin test and IGRA test (QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube) in a follow-up of adult patients with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis

Abstract

In a prospective clinical study, the sensitivity of the ttuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QTF-GIT) were evaluated in a group of HIV-negative adults with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

Keywords

• Tuberculin
• skin
• IGRA
• test
• QuantiFERON-TB
• Gold
• In-Tube
• follow-up
• adult
• patients
• with
• bacteriologically
• confirmed
• pulmonary
• tuberculosis