00782nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260002100042653001700063653000700080653001200087653001400099100001400113700001200127245007400139300002600213520034700239022001400586       2015                            d  bOxford Journals 10aTuberculosis10aTB10aleprosy10adiagnosis1 aRendini T1 aLevis W00aQuantiferon-Gold TB Cannot Detect Latent TB in Patients with Leprosy.  a[Epub ahead of print]3 a<p>Five of 10 paucibacillary leprosy patients were Quantiferon Gold positive with negative chest x-rays. Forty multibacillary leprosy patients were Quantiferon Gold(Q-G) negative. Reports have shown 100% cross reactivity of ESAT6 and CFP10 between M. leprae and M. tb. The Q-G gold test cannot detect latent TB in patients with leprosy.</p>
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