TY - JOUR AU - Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz AU - Kempker, Russell R. AU - Dvali, Natia AU - Abashidze, Lela AU - Sharavdze, Lali AU - Gabunia, Pati AU - Blumberg, Henry M. AU - del Rio, Carlos AU - Tsertsvadze, Tengiz PY - 2013 DA - 2013/11/01 TI - Poor agreement between interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test among HIV-infected individuals in the country of Georgia JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 513 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Improved tests to diagnose latent TB infection (LTBI) are needed. We sought to evaluate the performance of two commercially available interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) compared to the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of LTBI and to identify risk factors for LTBI among HIV-infected individuals in Georgia, a country with high rates of TB. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-513 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-13-513 ID - Chkhartishvili2013 ER -