1. Diagnostic Accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Assays in Children and Adolescents with Tuberculosis Disease
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Aleix Soler-Garcia, Anna Gamell, Begoña Santiago, Manuel Monsonís, Cristina Calvo, Elvira Cobo, Elena Colino, María Espiau, Carmelo Guerrero-Laleona, Zulema Lobato, Andrea Martín-Nalda, Beatriz Pérez-Gorricho, Tomas M. Perez-Porcuna, Ana Isabel Piqueras, Paula Rodríguez-Molino, Marta Ruiz, Antoni Soriano-Arandes, Teresa Valmanya, Marc Tebruegge, Antoni Noguera-Julian, David Gómez-Pastrana, Maria Montero, Estrella Peromingo, Matilde Bustillo, Elisenda Moliner, Marina Fenoy, Marta Velásquez, Maria Queralt Soler, Lourdes GARCÍA, Olga Calavia, Neus Rius, Maria Teresa Pascual, Pere Soler-Palacín, Teresa Tórtola, Miguel Lillo, Marta Dapena, Eva María López-Medina, Maria del Mar Santos, Ángel Hernández, Teresa Hernández-Sanpelayo, Alfredo Tagarro, Ana Méndez, María José Mellado, Fernando Baquero-Artigao, Talía Sainz, Miluca García-Hortelano, Javier Álvarez, Enrique Villalobos, María Luz García-García, María Isabel Garrote, José Javier Korta Murua, Nerea Azurmendi Gundín, Laia Sánchez-Torrent, Eneritz Velasco-Arnaiz, and Clàudia Fortuny
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Previous generation ,QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD ,business.industry ,Diagnostic accuracy ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Multicenter study ,030225 pediatrics ,Internal medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Tuberculosis Disease ,business - Abstract
In 2016, a new interferon-gamma release assay, QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, was introduced. We conducted a cross-sectional multicenter study, involving 158 children and adolescents with tuberculosis disease. The overall sensitivity of the assay was 82.9% (IQR 77.0%-88.8%), indicating that in children this test does not have higher sensitivity than previous generation interferon-gamma release assays.
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- 2020