Comparison of the 2-step tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-Tube test in the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in cancer patients

This study suggests that the QFT-GIT test maintains its sensitivity and performance in immunocompromised cancer patients, identifying a large number of truly infected patients being anergy to the tuberculin skin test.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research