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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2020

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus with Chemiluminescence Immunoassay: Do We Need a Higher Cutoff?

Francesco Bisognin, Giulia Lombardi, Maria Carla Re, Paola Dal Monte

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic Performance of New Commercial Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesco Bisognin *Microbiology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Giulia Lombardi *Microbiology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy g.lombardi@unibo.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6423-8358
Maria Carla ReMicrobiology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Paola Dal MonteMicrobiology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is the most widely used interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The aim of this study was to compare QFT-Plus results by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) on the SkyLab system with those obtained with chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) on the Liaison XL analyzer. Agreement between the two assays was evaluated on 419 QFT-Plus blood samples and was found to be substantial (75.4%); higher agreement was found for positive (95.4%) and negative (80.4%) results, while most discordances were due to ELISA-indeterminate/CLIA-determinate results. According to Italian Clinical Microbiologist Association recommendations, in samples (

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Latent TuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansInterferon-gamma Release TestsLuminescenceLuminescent MeasurementsTuberculin Testagreementchemiluminescent immunoassaycutoffenzyme-linked immunoassayinterferon gamma release assaylatent tuberculosis infectionQuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus

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PMID32759352
PMCPMC7512183
OpenAlexW3047334995

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