ArticleInfection & chemotherapy2014
Factors Associated with a Strong Response to the T-SPOT.TB in Patients with Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis.
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- Malnutrition is Associated with Delayed Sputum Culture Conversion Among Patients Treated for MDR-TB.Infection and drug resistance · 2021Article
- Clinical effect of T-SPOT.TB test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Use of Interferon-γ release assay for the diagnosis of female genital tuberculosis in Northwest China.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2019Article
- Predictors for false-negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay results in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Factors associated with negative T-SPOT.TB results among smear-negative tuberculosis patients in China.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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- Association between Body Mass Index and Sputum Culture Conversion among South Korean Patients with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in a Tuberculosis Referral Hospital.Infection & chemotherapy · 2016Article
- Comparison of the Sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and T-SPOT.TB According to Patient Age.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
Limited data are available on which factors are associated with strong immunologic responses to T-SPOT.TB. We investigated the factors associated with strong positive responses in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (E-TB). Of 173 patients with E-TB who gave positive results on T-SPOT.TB, 26 (15%) with a strong positive response (defined as ≥1,000 spot-forming units (SFU)/2.5×10(5) PBMC to ESAT-6 or CFP-10) and 71 (41%) with a low positive response (≤ 99 SFU (6-99 SFU)/2.5×10(5) PBMC) were further analyzed. Miliary TB was independently associated with a strong positive response to T-SPOT.TB, while advanced age and immunosuppression were independently associated with weak positive T-SPOT.TB responses.
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