Miliary Tuberculosis with Indeterminate Interferon Gamma Release Assay Results

Authors :: Keisuke Sawai
Akihiro Shinoyama
Hideki Miyachi
Keiji Tanaka
Yousuke Fujisawa
Takeshi Yamamoto
Takahito Nei
Yuuki Izumi
Akito Tetsuka
Yosie Arita
Mitsunobu Kitamura
Koichi Akutsu
Yusuke Hosokawa
Hiroshige Murata
Source :: Internal Medicine. 52:2583-2585
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2013.
Abstract: Recently, interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) have become an important clinical tool for detecting latent tuberculosis. However, IGRA results may impede making a diagnosis. We herein present an interesting case of miliary tuberculosis with a nonspecific IGRA reaction due to hemophagocytosis.

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