Diagnostic performance of GM-CSF and IL-2 in response to long-term specific-antigen cell stimulation in patients with active and latent tuberculosis infection

A simple blood test for detecting active tuberculosis (TB) could be key to this epidemic containment, given that a large proportion of patients are unable to produce sputum for testing. Currently available interferon- γ release assays (IGRAs) are inadequate to diagnose active TB, with reported pooled sensitivity and specificity both under 81%.
Source: Tuberculosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Diagnostics Source Type: research