The current study compared the QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus on LIAISON® XL to the T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on 125 patient samples. A high agreement of qualitative results (90%) was observed between both methods with 3% major discrepancies, half of which were false negative results with the T-SPOT.TB.
Keywords: Interferon-gamma release assay; Liaison® XL; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus; T-SPOT.TB.
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