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QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus performance in children with confirmed TB

Infectious Disease Advisor
April 14, 2019, 9:10 p.m.

Although the new interferon-gamma release assay QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus® (QFT-Plus) had good sensitivity in children with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) only, QFT-Plus had poor sensitivity in children with extra-pulmonary TB only, according to a study published in PLoS One.

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