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Prospective evaluation of the clinical utility of interferon-γ assay in the differential diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease
- Title
- Prospective evaluation of the clinical utility of interferon-γ assay in the differential diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease
- Authors
- Kim B.J.; Choi Y.S.; Jang B.I.; Park Y.S.; Kim W.H.; Kim Y.S.; Jung S.-A.; Han D.S.; Kim J.S.; Choi J.H.; Choi C.H.; Jeen Y.T.; Cheon J.H.; Ye B.D.; Yang S.-K.; Kim Y.-H.
- Ewha Authors
- 정성애
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 정성애
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Journal Title
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
- Citation
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1308 - 1313
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Background: Distinguishing intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) from Crohn's disease (CD) is challenging. This study prospectively evaluated the clinical utility of the QuantiFERON-TB gold test (QFT) in the differential diagnosis of ITB and CD, and compared it with the clinical utility of the tuberculin skin test (TST). Methods: Patients with suspected ITB or CD on colonoscopic findings were enrolled from 13 hospitals in Korea between June 2007 and November 2008. A QFT and TST were performed. When the initial diagnosis was not confirmed, 2-3 months of empiric antituberculous therapy was administered. Results: In all, 128 patients were analyzed; 64 patients had ITB and 64 patients had CD. The median age of patients with ITB was greater than the patients with CD (47 years versus 31 years, P < 0.001). The positive rate for the QFT and TST (≥10 mm) in patients with ITB was significantly higher than patients with CD (67% versus 9% and 69% versus 16%, respectively; P < 0.001). The QFT and TST had good agreement (Î = 0.724, P < 0.001). The diagnostic validity of QFT in ITB had a 67% sensitivity, 90% specificity, 87% positive predictive value, and 73% negative predictive value. There was no difference in these parameters between the QFT and TST. The likelihood ratio for a positive QFT was higher than a positive TST in the diagnosis of ITB (7.1 and 4.4, respectively). Conclusions: The QFT is a limited but useful diagnostic aid in combination with the TST in the diagnosis of ITB. © 2010 Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1002/ibd.21490
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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