QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube 与 QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus 在免疫抑制患者感染诊断中的比较:一项真实世界研究。
Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus in the Diagnosis of Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: a Real-World Study.
机构信息
Department of Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospitalgrid.411405.5, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Departments of Infectious Disease, Wenzhou Central Hospital, the Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
出版信息
Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Apr 27;10(2):e0187021. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01870-21. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) is an emerging QuantiFERON test after QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) for tuberculosis infection detection; it is an IFN-γ release assay. We compared QFTPlus, which has an additional TB antigen 2 (TB2) tube to induce cell-mediated (CD8 T cell) immune responses, with QFT-GIT. We conducted this study to assess the agreement of the QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus assays in immunocompromised patients in a clinical setting. A total of 278 immunocompromised patients and 175 immunocompetent patients from different departments were continuously enrolled from August 2020 to March 2021, and each patient underwent both tests. Correlations between QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus assays showed good agreement (κ value = 0.859). Patients receiving long-term immunosuppressant therapy had the lowest concordance between QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus assays; 9 out of 11 positive latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) cases were diagnosed by the QFT-Plus assay, implying that QFT-Plus may detect more LTBI than QFT-GIT does in these patients. Indeterminate results were associated with lower lymphocyte, CD4 T cell, and CD8 T cell absolute counts, and with lower CD4/CD8 ratios. In conclusion, we found that the QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus assays had high agreement not only in immunocompetent patients but also in immunocompromised patients. QFT-Plus may detect more LTBI than QFT-GIT in patients receiving long-term immunosuppressant therapy. Thresholds were established for lymphocyte absolute counts of >1.15 × 10 cells, and for CD4 T cell absolute counts of >467.7 × 10 to 478.5 × 10 cells, which may lessen the incidence of indeterminate results. This study evaluated the performance of QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus in the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients and found that QFT-Plus may detect more LTBI than QFT-GIT does in patients receiving long-term immunosuppressant therapy. We believe that our study makes a significant contribution to the literature because it highlights the different diagnostic accuracies of QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus in different subpopulations of immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Selecting a test with better performance, particularly in patients with a high risk of developing active TB, may assist the health sector in better managing TB. Furthermore, we believe that this study will be of significance to the diagnosis of LTBI.
结核感染检测用伽马干扰素释放试验(QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube,简称 QFT-GIT)后出现了一种新的伽马干扰素释放试验 QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus(简称 QFT-Plus),它是一种干扰素-γ释放试验。我们比较了 QFT-Plus 和 QFT-GIT,前者在 TB2 管中加入了额外的结核抗原,以诱导细胞介导(CD8 T 细胞)免疫反应。我们进行这项研究是为了评估 QFT-GIT 和 QFT-Plus 检测在临床环境中免疫功能低下患者中的一致性。从 2020 年 8 月到 2021 年 3 月,我们连续招募了来自不同科室的 278 名免疫功能低下患者和 175 名免疫功能正常患者,每位患者都进行了这两项检测。QFT-GIT 和 QFT-Plus 检测的相关性显示出良好的一致性(κ 值=0.859)。接受长期免疫抑制剂治疗的患者 QFT-GIT 和 QFT-Plus 检测的一致性最低;11 例潜伏性结核感染(LTBI)阳性病例中有 9 例是通过 QFT-Plus 检测诊断出来的,这意味着 QFT-Plus 在这些患者中可能比 QFT-GIT 检测到更多的 LTBI。不确定结果与较低的淋巴细胞、CD4 T 细胞和 CD8 T 细胞绝对计数以及较低的 CD4/CD8 比值有关。总之,我们发现 QFT-GIT 和 QFT-Plus 检测不仅在免疫功能正常的患者中,而且在免疫功能低下的患者中都具有很高的一致性。QFT-Plus 在接受长期免疫抑制剂治疗的患者中可能比 QFT-GIT 检测到更多的 LTBI。建立了淋巴细胞绝对计数>1.15×10 个细胞和 CD4 T 细胞绝对计数>467.7×10 至 478.5×10 个细胞的阈值,这可能会减少不确定结果的发生。本研究评估了 QFT-GIT 和 QFT-Plus 在诊断免疫功能低下患者结核感染中的性能,发现 QFT-Plus 在接受长期免疫抑制剂治疗的患者中可能比 QFT-GIT 检测到更多的 LTBI。我们相信,我们的研究对文献做出了重要贡献,因为它突出了 QFT-GIT 和 QFT-Plus 在免疫功能低下和免疫功能正常患者不同亚群中的不同诊断准确性。选择性能更好的检测方法,特别是在有发生活动性结核病高风险的患者中,可能有助于卫生部门更好地管理结核病。此外,我们认为这项研究对 LTBI 的诊断具有重要意义。