False-positive QuantiFERON TB-Gold test due to Mycobacterium gordonae
False-positive QuantiFERON TB-Gold test due to Mycobacterium gordonae
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DOI：
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.10.020
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Subramanian, Aruna K.
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作者：
Gajurel, Kiran;Subramanian, Aruna K.
我们报告了一例与gordonae分枝杆菌相关的QuantiFERON TB-Gold转化病例，该病例来自辅助生活设施的老年男性，没有已知的结核病危险因素。了解环境分枝杆菌导致定量子检测呈阳性，对于避免对假阳性潜伏结核进行不必要的治疗非常重要，特别是在没有确定定量子转换阳性预测值的情况下。(C) 2016 Elsevier Inc.版权所有。
We report a case of QuantiFERON TB-Gold conversion associated to Mycobacterium gordonae in an elderly male from an assisted living facility without known risk factors for tuberculosis. This knowledge of environmental mycobacteria causing positive quantiferon assays is important to avoid unnecessary treatment of false-positive latent tuberculosis, especially in the absence of well-established positive predictive value of quantiferon conversion. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.