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The current study compared the QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus on LIAISON® XL to the T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on 125 patient samples. A high agreement of qualitative results (90%) was observed between both methods with 3% major discrepancies, half of which were false negative results with the T-SPOT.TB.
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Latent Tuberculosis , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Tuberculosis , Gold , Humans , Incidence , Interferon-gamma Release Tests , Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Tuberculin Test , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Tuberculosis/epidemiologyABSTRACT
We report a case of apparent malaria infection presented with a syndrome of painless, generalized lymphadenopathy without granulomas shortly after exposure to fresh water in rural West Africa. Residual infection with Massilia timonae was diagnosed and successfully treated with co-trimoxazole.
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Bacterial Infections/complications , Bacterial Infections/diagnosis , Fever of Unknown Origin/diagnosis , Lymphatic Diseases/pathology , Malaria/complications , Malaria/diagnosis , Oxalobacteraceae/isolation & purification , Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage , Antimalarials/administration & dosage , Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Bacterial Infections/pathology , Belgium , Fever of Unknown Origin/microbiology , Fever of Unknown Origin/pathology , Humans , Lymphatic Diseases/etiology , Malaria/microbiology , Malaria/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Nigeria , Travel , Treatment Outcome , Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination/administration & dosageABSTRACT
Actinobaculum schaalii, which belongs to the group of Gram-positive rods, is difficult to culture. Using molecular genetics, Actinobaculum schaalii could be identified as a causing microorganism in a case of Fournier's gangrene.
