Background: Latent tuberculosis can progress to active TB. To diagnose LTBI the TST is used, which shows cross reactivity with NTM and BCG, giving way to overdiagnosis of LTBI. The sophisticated QFT is also used to di...
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of two interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) (QuantiFERON-TB Plus (QFT-plus) and T-SPOT.TB assay) for patients suspected of having tuberculosis (TB) i...