Evaluation of IP-10 in Quantiferon-Plus as biomarker for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection

The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is a new test for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosis, in which has been added a new tube containing shorter peptides stimulating CD8 T-cells and CD4-stimulating-peptides. Measurement of alternative biomarkers to Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in QFT-Plus may...

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Published in:	Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 111; pp. 147 - 153
Main Authors:	Petrone, Linda, Vanini, Valentina, Chiacchio, Teresa, Petruccioli, Elisa, Cuzzi, Gilda, Schininà, Vincenzo, Palmieri, Fabrizio, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Goletti, Delia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Bacterial Load Biomarkers Biomarkers - blood Case-Control Studies Chemokine CXCL10 - blood Chemokine CXCL10 - immunology Diagnosis Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay - methods Female Host-Pathogen Interactions Humans Inflammation Interferon Interferon-gamma - blood Interferon-gamma - immunology Interferon-gamma Release Tests - methods IP-10 Latent Tuberculosis - blood Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis Latent Tuberculosis - immunology Latent Tuberculosis - microbiology LTBI Male Medical diagnosis Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis - immunology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - pathogenicity Peptides Predictive Value of Tests Quantiferon-plus Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity Tuberculosis Tubes Quantiferon-plus Inflammation Tuberculosis Diagnosis IP-10 LTBI
ISSN:	1472-9792, 1873-281X, 1873-281X
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