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Clinical and Epidemiological Correlates of Low IFN-Gamma Responses in Mitogen Tube of QuantiFERON Assay in Tuberculosis Infection Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-Based Marker of COVID-19 Mortality?

Arch Bronconeumol

September 2022

Mayo Mycobacteria and Bronchiectasis Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address:

Background: The clinical and epidemiological implications of abnormal immune responses in COVID-19 for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening are unclear.

Methods: We reviewed QuantiFERON TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) results (36,709 patients) from July 2016 until October 2021 in Asturias (Spain). We also studied a cohort of ninety hospitalized patients with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia and a group of elderly hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who underwent serial QFT-Plus and immune profiling testing.

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Areas of Specific Subspecialization (ACE) in Pulmonology.

Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed)

March 2021

Presidente de SEPAR. Unidad Especializada de Tabaquismo de la Comunidad de Madrid. Servicio de Neumología, Madrid, España.

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