Keertan Dheda|Ajit Lalvani|R F Miller|G. M. Scott|Helen Booth|Margaret Johnson|Alimuddin Zumla|Graham Rook
Performance of a T-cell-based diagnostic test for tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected individuals is independent of CD4 cell count
International Centre for Infectious Diseases|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London|University of Oxford|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London|University College London|University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|University College London|University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London|International Centre for Infectious Diseases|International Centre for Infectious Diseases
performance characteristics enzymelinked immunospot assay elispot assay tspot tb diagnosis latent tuberculosis infection hivinfected individuals unknown given elispot enumerates mycobacterium tuberculosis antigenspecific ifngammasecreting cells hivassociated immunosuppression might adversely affect test performance however found 28 29 hivpositive individuals 97 gave evaluable test results performance independent cd4 tcell count elispot test performance appears independent hivassociated immunosuppression