Zeitschrift für Diagnosetechniken und biomedizinische Analyse

Sample Collection Procedures and Impact on QuantiFERON®-Gold in Tube Results

Pascal Bittel

Accurate diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is important in low prevalence populations, such as healthcare workers, subjected to serial- or mass entry screen testing. There is no gold standard laboratory test for detecting latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI).