: This review summarizes studies evaluating the performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in children. Literature searching was conducted using PubMed, MEDLINE and Embase (January 2017 to December 2021) and the terms "children" or "pediatric" and "IGRAs" or "QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus." Selected studies (N = 14; 4646 subjects) enrolled children with Mtb infection, tuberculosis (TB) disease or healthy children with household TB contacts. Agreement between QFT-Plus and tuberculin skin test (TST) (kappa values) ranged from -0.201 (no agreement) to 0.83 (almost perfect agreement). Assay sensitivity of QFT-Plus (against reference standard of microbiologically confirmed TB disease) was 54.5%-87.3%, with no reported difference in children less than 5 versus greater than or equal to 5 years of age. In individuals less than or equal to 18 years of age, the rate of indeterminate results was 0%-33.3% (2.6% in children <2 years). IGRAs may overcome the limitations of TST in young, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated children.

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Performance in Children: A Narrative Review / Buonsenso, Danilo; Seddon, James A; Esposito, Susanna; Barcellini, Lucia. - In: THE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. - ISSN 0891-3668. - Publish Ahead of Print:(2023). [10.1097/INF.0000000000003877]

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Performance in Children: A Narrative Review

Esposito, Susanna;
2023-01-01

Abstract

: This review summarizes studies evaluating the performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in children. Literature searching was conducted using PubMed, MEDLINE and Embase (January 2017 to December 2021) and the terms "children" or "pediatric" and "IGRAs" or "QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus." Selected studies (N = 14; 4646 subjects) enrolled children with Mtb infection, tuberculosis (TB) disease or healthy children with household TB contacts. Agreement between QFT-Plus and tuberculin skin test (TST) (kappa values) ranged from -0.201 (no agreement) to 0.83 (almost perfect agreement). Assay sensitivity of QFT-Plus (against reference standard of microbiologically confirmed TB disease) was 54.5%-87.3%, with no reported difference in children less than 5 versus greater than or equal to 5 years of age. In individuals less than or equal to 18 years of age, the rate of indeterminate results was 0%-33.3% (2.6% in children <2 years). IGRAs may overcome the limitations of TST in young, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated children.
2023
QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Performance in Children: A Narrative Review / Buonsenso, Danilo; Seddon, James A; Esposito, Susanna; Barcellini, Lucia. - In: THE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. - ISSN 0891-3668. - Publish Ahead of Print:(2023). [10.1097/INF.0000000000003877]
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