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SUBMITTER: Sanogo B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647084 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20201106 11
<h4>Objective</h4>Evaluate the performance of QuantiFERON ® -TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT), to improve the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) in Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV)-infected children.<h4>Method</h4>Sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of QFT-GIT were assessed in 58/63 HIV-infected children who were suspected of having TB.<h4>Results</h4>Sensitivity of QFT-GIT was 20.69%, specificity 96.55%, PPV/NPV respectively 85.71% and ...[more]