Adjuvant diagnosis of tuberculosis in hemodialysis patients using fourth generation interferon γ releasing assay

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INTRODUCTION: Dialysis patients have a 10-25 times higher risk of reactivation of tuberculosis (TB). In this study, we investigated the diagnostic ability of QuantiFERON (QFT)-plus for TB in hemodialysis patients. QFT-plus, an interferon gamma release assay, is characterized by its use of CD4 and CD8 T cell signals.

METHODS: Hemodialysis patients aged 20 years or older who underwent QFT-plus measurement in our hospital were included, inclusion criteria being fever above 37°C, high inflammatory response, and infiltrative pulmonary shadows.

RESULTS: Forty-six patients were enrolled. Of these, 15% were QFT positive, 4% were diagnosed with active TB, 76% were QFT negative, 8% had inconclusive results. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 100%, 87.5%, 28%, and 100%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: QFT-plus may be useful for the diagnosis of active TB in dialysis patients. Further studies in cohorts with larger sample sizes are expected.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy - 27(2023), 3 vom: 21. Juni, Seite 435-441

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chinen, Miria [VerfasserIn]
Katagiri, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Emi [VerfasserIn]
Noguchi, Haruka [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Mikako [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Isao [VerfasserIn]
Niikura, Takahito [VerfasserIn]
Arai, Yohei [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Minami [VerfasserIn]
Hinoshita, Fumihiko [VerfasserIn]
Takano, Hideki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

82115-62-6
Dialysis
Interferon γ releasing assay
Interferon-gamma
Journal Article
Latent tuberculosis infection
Tuberculosis

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Date Completed 28.04.2023

Date Revised 28.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1744-9987.13939

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347205321