Positive TB Skin Test with Negative QuantiFERON: What's the Diagnosis?

 
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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1Qx59PQyRBw/mqdefault.jpg 06/06/2025 05:41:42 This 5-year-old's tuberculin skin test suddenly turned positive despite negative QuantiFERON Gold and no TB exposure. Learn why BCG vaccination can cause false positives in TST but not interfere with newer blood tests. Essential knowledge for pediatricians!

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Positive TB Skin Test with Negative QuantiFERON: What's the Diagnosis?

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This 5-year-old's tuberculin skin test suddenly turned positive despite negative QuantiFERON Gold and no TB exposure. Learn why BCG vaccination can cause false positives in TST but not interfere with newer blood tests. Essential knowledge for pediatricians!

Join in our discussion: https://www.pediatriconcall.com/grand-round/new/recent-conversion-of-tuberculin-skin-test/114

PEDIATRIC ONCALL is the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tool with an extensive network of doctors as registered members.

#Tuberculosis #TST #PediatricTB #MedicalEducation #InfectiousDisease #TuberculinSkinTest #QuantiferonGold #PediatricMedicine #ClinicalCase #TBDiagnosis #MedicalCaseStudy #HealthcareEducation #PediatricInfectiousDisease #TBScreening #LatentTuberculosis #MedicalLearning #Pediatrics #InfectiousDiseases #TBTesting #QuantiFERON #FalsePositiveTest #MedicalCase #MedicalMystery #BCGVaccination #DiagnosticChallenge #MedicalShorts #ClinicalPearls #Healthcare #PediatricCases #MedicalBoards #ClinicalMedicine #GrandRounds #PediatricGrandRounds #PediatricResidency #MedicalTraining #TSTConversion #MedicalSeries #CasePresentation #MedicalTeaching
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