Objectives: High accuracy diagnostic screening tests for tuberculosis (TB) are required to improve the diagnosis of both active TB and latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection (LTBI). The novel IGRA LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay was tested and its accuracy was compared to the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus assay. Methods: A total of 389 subjects were enrolled in two cohorts and classified as healthy, active TB or LTBI persons. The blood of all the patients was tested with LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay, containing MTB alanine dehydrogenase, able to differentiate active TB from LTBI diagnosis. The results obtained with both IGRAs, performed on the same 250 samples, were finally compared. Results: The two assays demonstrated an excellent concordance of their results with patients’ diagnosis of MTB infection. ROC analysis for QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus showed sensitivity and specificity respectively of 98% and 97% in diagnosing active TB patients and 85% and 94% in diagnosing LTBI subjects. LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay showed sensitivity and specificity respectively of 90% and 98% in diagnosing active TB patients and 94% and 97% in diagnosing LTBI subjects. Conclusions: The two IGRAs displayed the same high accuracy in diagnosing MTB infection/TB disease, and LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay demonstrated higher sensitivity than QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus test in LTBI detection.

LIOFeron®TB/LTBI: A novel and reliable test for LTBI and tuberculosis / Della Bella C.; Spinicci M.; Alnwaisri H.F.M.; Bartalesi F.; Tapinassi S.; Mencarini J.; Benagiano M.; Grassi A.; D'Elios S.; Troilo A.; Abilbayeva A.; Kuashova D.; Bitanova E.; Tarabayeva A.; Shuralev E.A.; Bartoloni A.; D'Elios M.M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1201-9712. - ELETTRONICO. - 91:(2020), pp. 177-181. [10.1016/j.ijid.2019.12.012]

LIOFeron®TB/LTBI: A novel and reliable test for LTBI and tuberculosis

Della Bella C.;Spinicci M.;Alnwaisri H. F. M.;Tapinassi S.;Mencarini J.;Benagiano M.;Grassi A.;Troilo A.;Bartoloni A.;D'Elios M. M.
2020

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Objectives: High accuracy diagnostic screening tests for tuberculosis (TB) are required to improve the diagnosis of both active TB and latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection (LTBI). The novel IGRA LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay was tested and its accuracy was compared to the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus assay. Methods: A total of 389 subjects were enrolled in two cohorts and classified as healthy, active TB or LTBI persons. The blood of all the patients was tested with LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay, containing MTB alanine dehydrogenase, able to differentiate active TB from LTBI diagnosis. The results obtained with both IGRAs, performed on the same 250 samples, were finally compared. Results: The two assays demonstrated an excellent concordance of their results with patients’ diagnosis of MTB infection. ROC analysis for QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus showed sensitivity and specificity respectively of 98% and 97% in diagnosing active TB patients and 85% and 94% in diagnosing LTBI subjects. LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay showed sensitivity and specificity respectively of 90% and 98% in diagnosing active TB patients and 94% and 97% in diagnosing LTBI subjects. Conclusions: The two IGRAs displayed the same high accuracy in diagnosing MTB infection/TB disease, and LIOFeron®TB/LTBI assay demonstrated higher sensitivity than QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus test in LTBI detection.
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Della Bella C.; Spinicci M.; Alnwaisri H.F.M.; Bartalesi F.; Tapinassi S.; Mencarini J.; Benagiano M.; Grassi A.; D'Elios S.; Troilo A.; Abilbayeva A.; Kuashova D.; Bitanova E.; Tarabayeva A.; Shuralev E.A.; Bartoloni A.; D'Elios M.M.
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