QuantiFERON conversion following tuberculin administration is common in HIV infection and relates to baseline response
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Hanif Esmail Friedrich Thienemann Tolu Oni Rene Goliath Katalin Wilkinson Robert WilkinsonAbstract
HIV-1 infection impairs tuberculosis (TB) specific immune responses affecting the diagnosis of latent TB. We aimed to (1) determine the proportion of HIV-1-infected adults with a negative QuantiFERON®-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) and Tuberculin skin testing (TST) that convert to QFT-GIT positive following TST, and (2) evaluate the relationship between conversion and baseline QFT-GIT results.
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Journal BMC Infectious Diseases
Volume 16
Issue number 1
Pages 545
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.1186/s12879-016-1875-6
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Europe PubMed Central 27717329
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