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2. Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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   In a recently published metaanalysis, [26] with data from both developed and developing countries, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube had a pooled sensitivity for active TB of 81% and specificity of 99.2%, whereas T-SPOT.TB had a pooled sensitivity of 87.5% and specificity of 86.3%. In head-to-head comparisons, the sensitivity of IGRAs surpassed TST.

3. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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   In the Mantoux test, a standard dose of 5 tuberculin units (TU - 0.1 ml), according to the CDC, [8] or 2 TU of Statens Serum Institute (SSI) tuberculin RT23 in 0.1 ml solution, according to the National Health Service, [9] is injected intradermally (between the layers of dermis) on the flexor surface of the left forearm, mid-way between elbow ...

4. Quantiferon - Wikipedia

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   According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, [2] in 2001, the Quantiferon-TB test (QFT) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an aid for detecting latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. This test is an in vitro diagnostic aid that measures a component of cell-mediated immune reactivity to M. tuberculosis.

5. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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   A Mantoux tuberculin skin test. The Mantoux tuberculin skin test is often used to screen people at high risk for TB. [100] Those who have been previously immunized with the Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine may have a false-positive test result. [107] The test may be falsely negative in those with sarcoidosis, Hodgkin's lymphoma, malnutrition ...

6. Management of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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   TB in children: 2 to 5 mg/kg/day for one week, 1 mg/kg/day the next week, then tapered off over 5 weeks; Steroids may be of benefit in peritonitis, miliary disease, tubercular osteomyelitis, TB osteomyelitis, laryngeal TB, lymphadenitis, and genitourinary disease, but the evidence is scant and the routine use of steroids cannot be recommended.

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   NEW YORK (Reuters) -The man accused of killing a woman sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire after what prosecutors say was a night of heavy drinking pleaded not guilty to ...

8. T-SPOT.TB - Wikipedia

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   T-SPOT.TB counts the number of antimycobacterial effector T cells, white blood cells that produce interferon-gamma, in a sample of blood.This gives an overall measurement of the host immune response against mycobacteria, which can reveal the presence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB).

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