Factors Influencing Discrepancies Between the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube Test and the Tuberculin Skin Test in Korean Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
- Title
- Factors Influencing Discrepancies Between the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube Test and the Tuberculin Skin Test in Korean Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
- Author
- 전재범
- Keywords
- QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube test; tuberculin skin test; latent tuberculosis infection; tumor necrosis factor inhibitor; rheumatic disease
- Issue Date
- 2013-02
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
- Citation
- Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 42, 4, 424 - 432
- Abstract
- Objectives: To estimate the positivity and agreement between QuantiFERON-tuberculosis (TB) gold in tube test (QFT-GIT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) according to underlying rheumatic diseases and to identify the influencing factors on discrepancies between the 2 tests.Methods: Among the 757 patients who underwent both QFT-GIT and TST simultaneously from September 2008 to November 2010, patients with indeterminate QFT-GIT results (n = 21), with active (n = 11) or suspicious (n = 1) findings for tuberculosis on a chest radiograph, were excluded. Fina
- URI
- http://www.semarthritisrheumatism.com/article/S0049-0172(12)00171-0/fulltexthttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/44800
- ISSN
- 0049-0172
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.07.001
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- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[S](의과대학) > MEDICINE(의학과) > Articles
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