2013
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201305-0831oc
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Challenges with QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay for Large-Scale, Routine Screening of U.S. Healthcare Workers

Abstract: The manufacturer's definition of QFT conversion results in an inflated conversion rate that is incompatible with our low-risk setting. A significantly higher QFT cutoff value is needed to match the historical TST conversion rate. Nonreproducible conversions in most converters suggested false-positive results.

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“…Overall, repeat results were more likely to be lower than initial results (overall average mean difference: 20.18; 95% CI, 20.23 to 20.13), which partially explained the large number of reversions with retesting. To assess whether this was due to a regressionto-the-mean phenomenon, an analysis was SYSTEMATIC REVIEW done excluding studies that only repeated tests when the initial result was positive (4,5,31). In this subanalysis, the total number of reversions decreased to 5.5% (19 of 344) and the kappa statistic for agreement between the baseline and first repeat measurement increased to 0.75 (95% CI, 0.61-0.88), suggesting that a regressionto-the-mean phenomenon was present.…”
Section: Quantiferon Variability Under Different Conditionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Overall, repeat results were more likely to be lower than initial results (overall average mean difference: 20.18; 95% CI, 20.23 to 20.13), which partially explained the large number of reversions with retesting. To assess whether this was due to a regressionto-the-mean phenomenon, an analysis was SYSTEMATIC REVIEW done excluding studies that only repeated tests when the initial result was positive (4,5,31). In this subanalysis, the total number of reversions decreased to 5.5% (19 of 344) and the kappa statistic for agreement between the baseline and first repeat measurement increased to 0.75 (95% CI, 0.61-0.88), suggesting that a regressionto-the-mean phenomenon was present.…”
Section: Quantiferon Variability Under Different Conditionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sin embargo, si bien son más específicos, los IGRA tampoco permiten diferenciar una infección tuberculosa latente antigua de una recientemente adquirida, por lo cual su uso como pesquisa en el personal de la salud de riesgo sólo está justificado si se enmarca dentro de un programa de chequeo periódico, de manera de poder encontrar virajes que indiquen infección reciente. Aun así, estudios recientes han revelado que la interpretación de los virajes de IGRA no está exenta de dificultades, ya que pueden ocurrir conversiones y reversiones inespecíficas a valores cercanos a los puntos de corte 4 .…”
Section: Interferon-gamma Release Assay In Healthcare Workersunclassified
“…The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes a single cut-off of $10 mm ($5 mm in immunocompromised individuals), using 5 tuberculin units (TU) of purified protein derivative (PPD) or equivalent, such as 2TU RT-23 Ò (Statens Serum Institute, Denmark). 4 New South Wales uses 5TU (0.1 ml Tubersol Ò ; Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Canada) with WHO aligned cut-offs.…”
Section: Dear Editorsmentioning
confidence: 99%