QuantiFERON-TB Gold can help clinicians in the diagnosis of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Br J Haematol. 2020 Oct;191(2):e64-e67. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17001. Epub 2020 Jul 26.

Authors

Pietro Merli¹, Leonarda Gentile², Francesco Quagliarella¹, Maria Giuseppina Cefalo¹, Luisa Strocchio¹, Franco Locatelli^{1

3}, Cristina Russo², Stefania Gaspari¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cell and Gene Therapy, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Mycobacteria Unit, Laboratory Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
³ Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 32712963
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17001

No abstract available

Keywords: QuantiFERON-TB; children; haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; interferon-gamma; interferon-gamma release tests.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnostic imaging*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / immunology
Male
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic*

Substances

Reagent Kits, Diagnostic