Qiagen alleges that BioMérieux infringes a European patent that protects the company's QuantiFeron interferon-gamma release assay technology for latent TB detection.

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You may have a blood glucose test in a doctor’s office, laboratory, or with a fingerstick meter at home. These tests can help diagnose diabetes or other health concerns and aid in adjusting your ...

Methods: We searched PubMed for studies published before January 2010 on the diagnosis of TB in children using an IGRA. We compared the specificity and sensitivity of the tuberculin skin test (TST ...

Were included in the study 1230 patients with active TB and an IGRA result. The IGRA test used in the patients enrolled in the study was the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (Qiagen). The association ...

A blood test is a lab analysis of things that may be found in your blood. You may have blood tests to keep track of how well you are managing a condition, such as diabetes or high cholesterol. You may ...

A 10-year-old girl had a positive TST (28 mm) at the first screening test (T3). Her chest radiograph was normal. As this girl was previously BCG-vaccinated, IGRA was done to interpret the tuberculin ...