[The comparison of laboratory tests Quantiferon, Tubinferon and Diaskintest in children with tuberculosis infection.]

The study was carried out to compare results of three tests on the basis of antigens CFP-10 and ESAT-6: laboratory tests QuantiFERON (QFT) and Tubinferon (TIF) and intra-cutaneous test with allergen tuberculous recombinant - Diaskintest (DST). Tubinferon is a Russian analog of test QuantiFERON and is based on quantitative analysis of interferon-gamma after incubation of samples of whole blood in the presence of antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) - tuberculin and recombinant antigens ESAT-6 and САЗ-10. The results QFT, TIF and DST are examined on 63 patients aged from 7 months to 15 years at parallel setup. According complex examination 63 children were divided at three groups: group I - 29 children infected with MBT and without disease; group II - 8 children non-infected with MBT; group III - 26 children with active forms of tuberculosis. It is established that at high rate of coincidence of results of all three tests (68.3%) in particular situations they can react differently, providing thereby additional information. The results of tests QFT and TIF coincide in 74.6% of all cases. The tests in vitro (QFT, TFT) occurred more sensitive under immuno-pathologic conditions in comparison with DST test. The TFT test demonstrated higher sensitivity under infection with MBT (58.6%) as compared with DST (34.5%) and QFT (34.5%) but lesser than in children with tuberculosis: TFT - 61.5%, QFT - 92.3%, DST - 80.8%. The conclusion is made that all three tests provide positive result more often under tuberculosis infection than in case of infected with MBT. The Tubinferon test is recommended to application and especially for children infected with MBT prior development of disease.