High level of discordant IGRA results in HIV-infected adults and children.
High level of discordant IGRA results in HIV-infected adults and children.
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2008-04
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A. Mandalakas;A. Hesseling;N. Chegou;H. Kirchner;X. Zhu;B. Marais;G. Black;N. Beyers;G. Walzl
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A. Mandalakas;A. Hesseling;N. Chegou;H. Kirchner;X. Zhu;B. Marais;G. Black;N. Beyers;G. Walzl
SETTING Tygerberg district, Western Cape Province, South Africa. OBJECTIVE To measure the agreement of two interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) and the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected adults and children in a setting highly endemic for tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN Cross-sectional study. RESULTS In HIV-infected adults (n=20) and children (n=23), tests yielded discordant results, with 61% of individuals testing positive with T-SPOT.TB, 41% with TST and 28% with QuantiFERON TB Gold (QTF). In children, there was poor agreement between the TST and T-SPOT.TB (kappa [kappa]=-0.02), but moderate agreement between the TST and QTF (kappa=0.44). In adults, there was moderate agreement between the TST and T-SPOT.TB (kappa=0.43), and the TST and QTF (kappa = 0.46). In children and adults, there was fair agreement between the T-SPOT.TB and QTF (kappa=0.33). Twenty per cent of adults had >or=1 indeterminate IGRA results. CONCLUSIONS There is poor to moderate agreement between the TST and IGRAs in HIV-infected adults and children. T-SPOT.TB may have improved sensitivity for detection of M. tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected individuals compared to the QTF and the TST. In HIV-infected individuals, IGRA test properties are affected by test cut-off point and nil control responses.
