2021•Journal of Microbiology Immunology and InfectionOpen access

Performance evaluation of newly developed fluorescence immunoassay-based interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers

Oh Joo Kweon, Yong Kwan Lim, Hye Ryoun Kim, Tae‐Hyoung Kim, Mi-Kyung Lee

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The ichroma™ IGRA-TB (Boditech Med Inc., Chuncheon, Republic of Korea) is an automated fluorescent immunoassay-based point-of-care interferon-gamma release assay for detecting latent tuberculosis infection. We evaluated this assay with 408 health care workers, and demonstrated its acceptable performances comparing to QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus (QFT-Plus; Qiagen, Germantown, MD).

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Key concepts: Latent tuberculosis, Interferon gamma release assay, Interferon γ, Immunoassay, Tuberculosis, Medicine, Interferon gamma, Mycobacterium tuberculosis