Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Based on the Interferon-γ Release Assay in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.

Park, Joung Ha; Choi, Eun-Ji; Park, Han-Seung; Choi, Sang-Ho; Lee, Sang-Oh; Kim, Yang Soo; Woo, Jun Hee; Lee, Jung-Hee et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2020

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

In hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, the incidence of tuberculosis in positive interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) without isoniazid prophylaxis (3.58/100 person-years) was higher than in negative or indeterminate IGRA (1.15/100 person-years; P = .01) and in positive IGRA with isoniazid prophylaxis (0/100 person-years; P = .09). The number needed to treat was 22 (95% confidence interval, 12-99) with positive IGRA results.

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