An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)

Specific immune-based diagnosis of tuberculosis

2000 • 910 citations

Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, United States

2005 • 701 citations

Comparison of T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a school tuberculosis outbreak

2003 • 635 citations

Use in routine clinical practice of two commercial blood tests for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a prospective study

2006 • 505 citations

Discrepancy Between the Tuberculin Skin Test and the Whole-Blood Interferon γ Assay for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Intermediate Tuberculosis-Burden Country

2005 • 439 citations

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study

2004 • 373 citations

Direct Ex Vivo Analysis of Antigen-Specific IFN-γ-Secreting CD4 T Cells in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Individuals: Associations with Clinical Disease State and Effect of Treatment

2001 • 355 citations

Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Test and New Specific Blood Test in Tuberculosis Contacts

2004 • 342 citations

Rapid detection of active and latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-positive individuals by enumeration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells

2002 • 322 citations

Effect of BCG vaccination on risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children with household tuberculosis contact: a prospective community-based study

2005 • 289 citations

Serial Testing of Health Care Workers for Tuberculosis Using Interferon-γ Assay

2006 • 267 citations

Routine Hospital Use of a New Commercial Whole Blood Interferon-γ Assay for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection

2005 • 253 citations

Use of a T Cell–Based Assay for Monitoring Efficacy of Antituberculosis Therapy

2004 • 217 citations

Latent Tuberculosis in HIV positive, diagnosed by the M. Tuberculosis Specific Interferon-γ test

2006 • 208 citations

Performance of a whole blood interferon gamma assay for detecting latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children

2006 • 199 citations

Comparison of a whole blood interferon-γ assay with tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection in hospitalized children in rural India

2006 • 178 citations

Large‐Scale Evaluation of Enzyme‐Linked Immunospot Assay and Skin Test for Diagnosis ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection against a Gradient of Exposure in The Gambia

2004 • 158 citations

Global Drug-Resistance Patterns and the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Immigrants to the United States

2002 • 156 citations

T Cell–Based Tracking of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Infection after Brief Exposure

2004 • 145 citations

Risk for Tuberculosis among Children

2006 • 145 citations

The Significance of the Tuberculin Skin Test in Elderly Persons

1987 • 136 citations

Association of Tuberculin-Boosted Antibody Responses with Pathology and Cell-Mediated Immunity in Cattle Vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Infected with M. bovis

2004 • 134 citations

Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Screening of Close Contacts and Foreign-Born Populations

2000 • 131 citations

Enzyme-linked Immunospot and Tuberculin Skin Testing to Detect Latent Tuberculosis Infection

2005 • 127 citations

Reversion of the ELISPOT test after treatment in Gambian tuberculosis cases

2006 • 123 citations

Effect of Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection on the T Cell Response toMycobacterium tuberculosisAntigens

2006 • 122 citations

Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay Responses to Early Secretory Antigenic Target 6, Culture Filtrate Protein 10, and Purified Protein Derivative among Children with Tuberculosis: Implications for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Therapy

2005 • 115 citations

Interferon-gamma release assays and TB screening in high-income countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

2007 • 115 citations

Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test in Healthy Children Exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2006 • 113 citations

Tuberculosis Screening of Immigrants to Low-Prevalence Countries

2000 • 110 citations

Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Hemodialysis Patients

2006 • 109 citations

Sensitivity of a Whole-Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay Among Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Variations in T-Cell Responses During Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment

2007 • 101 citations

Contact tracing using a new T-cell-based test: better correlation with tuberculosis exposure than the tuberculin skin test.

2005 • 99 citations

Persistently elevated T cell interferon-gamma responses after treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in India: a preliminary report.

2006 • 91 citations

Direct costs of three models for the screening of latent tuberculosis infection

2006 • 86 citations

Cost-optimisation of screening for latent tuberculosis in close contacts

2006 • 85 citations

Effects of Different Tuberculin Skin-Testing Regimens on Gamma Interferon and Antibody Responses in Cattle Experimentally Infected withMycobacterium bovis

2006 • 80 citations

Feasibility, acceptability, and cost of tuberculosis testing by whole-blood interferon-gamma assay

2006 • 80 citations

Results of a tuberculosis-specific IFN-gamma assay in children at high risk for tuberculosis infection.

2006 • 77 citations

Physician specialization and antiretroviral therapy for HIV

2003 • 74 citations

Factors Associated with Tuberculin Reactivity among the Foreign-born in Montreal

1992 • 73 citations

Results of Screening for Tuberculosis in Foreign-born Persons Applying for Adjustment of Immigration Status

1993 • 59 citations

Interferon-gamma responses to ESAT-6 in tuberculosis patients early into and after anti-tuberculosis treatment.

2005 • 56 citations

Cutaneous Testing in the Elderly Patient with Tuberculosis

1980 • 46 citations

Evaluation of a tuberculosis screening program for high-risk students in Toronto schools.

1995 • 34 citations

The impact of physician training and experience on the survival of patients with active tuberculosis

2006 • 32 citations

Community-based tuberculin screening in Montreal: a cost-outcome description.

1995 • 31 citations

Educational Issues and Concerns in Travel Health Advice: Is All the Effort a Waste of Time?

2006 • 29 citations

Screening immigrants to Canada for tuberculosis: chest radiography or tuberculin skin testing?

2003 • 26 citations

Public Health Interventions to Encourage TB Class A/B1/B2 Immigrants to Present for TB Screening

1998 • 18 citations

Provider’s volume and quality of breast cancer detection and treatment

2006 • 11 citations

The value of the tuberculin skin test size in predicting the development of tuberculosis in contacts of active cases

2004 • 9 citations