Tuberculosis after liver transplantation in a large center in New York City: QuantiFERON ®‐TB Gold‐based pre‐transplant screening performance and active tuberculosis post‐transplant

ConclusionOur experience further highlights the challenges of LTBI screening prior to LT and suggests that QFT may be a poor predictor of active TB in higher risk pre‐transplant populations. Candidates should be screened as early as possible to optimize QFT performance, and local epidemiological data should be used to create institution‐specific screening protocols in areas with large populations from TB‐endemic regions. Management should consider TB risk factors, QFT, and imaging instead of reliance on QFT testing alone.

Source: Transplant Infectious Disease - February 19, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Jonathan Hand, Keith Sigel, Shirish Huprikar, Camille Hamula, Meena Rana Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research