Tuberculosis Contacts but Not Patients Have Higher Gamma Interferon Responses to ESAT-6 than Do Community Controls in The Gambia

AUTOR(ES)

Vekemans, Johan

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen ESAT-6 has been proposed for tuberculosis immunodiagnosis. In The Gambia, 30% of community controls produced gamma interferon (IFN-γ) in response to ESAT-6. Increased proportions of responders and intensities of responses were found in household contacts. Responses that were initially low in tuberculosis patients increased after treatment. An ESAT-6 IFN-γ assay will be of limited use in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Its role in contact tracing should be evaluated further.

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