The Journal of infection · 2013
QuantiFERON to diagnose infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: performance in infants and older children.
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Blandinières Adeline, de Lauzanne Agathe, Guérin-El Khourouj Valérie, Gourgouillon Nadège, See Hélène, Pédron Béatrice, Faye Albert, Sterkers Ghislaine
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OBJECTIVES: QuantiFERON value to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in young children remains to be clarified. To this aim QF-TB-IT performance was evaluated in a large series of immunocompetent children that were stratified according to age and clinical conditions.
METHODS: QF-TB-IT reactivity was analyzed in 226 immunocompetent children (0-15 years old): 31 were uninfected despite TB contact; 51 presented TB disease; 39 had Latent TB (LTBI) and 105 had TB disease suspected but an alternative diagnosis (TB excluded).
RESULTS: QF-TB-IT specificity was 100% in TB excluded. In TB disease, low sensitivity of QF-TB-IT in infants (40%) increased with aging (77% in 1-<5 years and 82% in 5-<15 years old subgroups). In LTBI, agreement between TST and QF-TB-IT was 0% in infants, 40% in 1-<5 years and 57% in children >5 years old. Finally, the incidence of indeterminate results was high (24%) in children <5 years old with TB excluded, especially with non-TB pneumonitis (61%), but was low (0-6%) regardless of age group in TB disease, LTBI and uninfected contact cases.
CONCLUSIONS: In our low burden country, i) QF-TB-IT specificity was 100%, ii) QF-TB-IT sensitivity was low in infants but commensurable to adult values in older children, and iii) indeterminate results mostly relied on ongoing infections unrelated to TB.
METHODS: QF-TB-IT reactivity was analyzed in 226 immunocompetent children (0-15 years old): 31 were uninfected despite TB contact; 51 presented TB disease; 39 had Latent TB (LTBI) and 105 had TB disease suspected but an alternative diagnosis (TB excluded).
RESULTS: QF-TB-IT specificity was 100% in TB excluded. In TB disease, low sensitivity of QF-TB-IT in infants (40%) increased with aging (77% in 1-<5 years and 82% in 5-<15 years old subgroups). In LTBI, agreement between TST and QF-TB-IT was 0% in infants, 40% in 1-<5 years and 57% in children >5 years old. Finally, the incidence of indeterminate results was high (24%) in children <5 years old with TB excluded, especially with non-TB pneumonitis (61%), but was low (0-6%) regardless of age group in TB disease, LTBI and uninfected contact cases.
CONCLUSIONS: In our low burden country, i) QF-TB-IT specificity was 100%, ii) QF-TB-IT sensitivity was low in infants but commensurable to adult values in older children, and iii) indeterminate results mostly relied on ongoing infections unrelated to TB.