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Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays in children and adolescents at risk of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional multicentre study

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  • Aleix Soler-Garcia Malalties Infeccioses i Resposta Inflamatòria Sistèmica en Pediatria, Unitat d'Infeccions, Servei de Pediatria, Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anna Gamell Malalties Infeccioses i Resposta Inflamatòria Sistèmica en Pediatria, Unitat d'Infeccions, Servei de Pediatria, Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tomàs Pérez-Porcuna Atenció Primària, Fundació Assistencial Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain Unitat de Salut Internacional, Departament de Pediatria, Fundació Recerca Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terassa, Universitat de Barcelona, Terrassa, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antonio Soriano-Arandes Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Begoña Santiago Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Gregorio Marañón Mother and Child Hospital, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Teresa Tórtola Unitat de Micobactèries, Laboratori Supranacional de Referència de l'OMS per a la Tuberculosi, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • María Jesús Ruiz-Serrano Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Gregorio Marañón Mother and Child Hospital, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • José Javier Korta Murua Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto BioDonostia, Donostia Ospitalea, San Sebastian, Spain Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, EHU-UPV, Donostia University Hospital Gipuzkoa Building, San Sebastian, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matilde Bustillo-Alonso Pediatrics Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • María Isabel Garrote-Llanos Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de Basurto, Basurto, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paula Rodríguez-Molino Pediatric Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ana Isabel Piqueras Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alfredo Tagarro Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, San Sebastian de los Reyes, Spain Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain Red de Investigación Translacional en Infectología Pediátrica, RITIP, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Manuel Monsonís Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marc Tebruegge Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antoni Noguera-Julian Malalties Infeccioses i Resposta Inflamatòria Sistèmica en Pediatria, Unitat d'Infeccions, Servei de Pediatria, Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain Red de Investigación Translacional en Infectología Pediátrica, RITIP, Madrid, Spain CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain Departament de Pediatria, Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Medicina, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • On behalf of the QFT-Plus Study Group of the Spanish Pediatric TB Research Network
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  1. Correspondence to Dr Antoni Noguera-Julian, Malalties Infeccioses i Resposta Inflamatòria Sistèmica en Pediatria, Unitat d'Infeccions, Servei de Pediatria, Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; ton{at}sjdhospitalbarcelona.org
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Soler-Garcia A, Gamell A, Pérez-Porcuna T On behalf of the QFT-Plus Study Group of the Spanish Pediatric TB Research Network, et al
Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays in children and adolescents at risk of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional multicentre study
Thorax 2022;77:1193-1201.

Publication history

  • Received May 6, 2021
  • Accepted November 6, 2021
  • First published December 7, 2021.
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October 18, 2023

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